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Advanced diploma electronics at TAFE (kinda want Dave to answer this question)

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EEVblog:

--- Quote from: mrpackethead on January 23, 2019, 03:03:34 am ---Whats an engineer?

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Someone who does engineering for a living.

Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on January 23, 2019, 05:52:30 am ---Someone who does engineering for a living.

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I'd say you don't even need to do it for a living. You can be a violinist without doing it professionally too.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: CuteNotGate on January 23, 2019, 05:29:46 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on January 23, 2019, 02:20:59 am ---What were your other options?
Did you get enough HSC marks to get into a Uni engineering course?

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The option that i was hopping for is https://www.usq.edu.au/study/degrees/associate-degree-of-engineering/electrical-electronic-engineering but i did not get the offer. So the only option i have left is an advanced diploma at TAFE.

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I have not looked at the details of that USQ course syllabus, but surely a three year TAFE associate diploma is going to trump a two year "associate degree" ?
Seems deceptive that any two year course has "degree" in the title. Standard for any sort of associate "degree" in engineering is 3 years, both in Australia and overseas.
IIRC the IEA recognise qualifications are
- 4 years = full member
- 3 years = associate member (seems to be called "technologist" now)
- 2 years = technician (now called "associate")

But like I said, hardly anyone in electronics joins the IEA, but it's a useful reference.
In this country you can call yourself a "professional engineer" (as can your employer) if you do engineering as a profession, the IEA have no say in anything. For electronics anyway.

https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/Membership/Assessment-Process






--- Quote ---Failed it, ATAR of 35. No entry in to any uni.

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Bummer. Only other avenue would be mature age entry, which IIRC is still 21.
Although to can apply for an interview with the dean, but you've usually got to have other things under your belt first.


--- Quote ---Subjects that I was doing are:
Studies of Religion 1[/li][/list] (Band 4)

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WTF is wrong with this country that that's even an option?


--- Quote ---* You can not do engineering at uni level with General Mathematics 2. The minimum is advanced mathematics.

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Yep, they throw your straight into reasonably advanced calculus in an engineering degree.

EEVblog:
Course structure
https://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/current/engineering-built-environment/ADNG.html#enrolment.pattern7

Nope, the 3 year TAFE diploma would be far superior, as your expect in a 2 year vs 3 year program. Do the TAFE diploma.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on January 23, 2019, 06:02:17 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on January 23, 2019, 05:52:30 am ---Someone who does engineering for a living.

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I'd say you don't even need to do it for a living. You can be a violinist without doing it professionally too.

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Nope, that makes you a hobbyist or amateur, not a professional, regardless of how good you are at it.

When you say "I'm a professional xxxxxxxx" it implies that it's what you do as a full time profession (hence the word).
Saying "I'm an engineer" kinda implies you are a "professional engineer".
I'm a qualified fitness instructor, but I don't go around calling myself a fitness instructor because I've never done it for a living.

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