What is Practical Electronics?
Electronics is vital to everyday life in our society. This Course provides skills and a basic understanding of electronics and its impact. It provides a solid foundation for those considering further study, or a career, in electrical engineering and related disciplines.
What skills are developed?
- Skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work: it is expected that learners will also develop broad, generic skills through this course
- Numeracy: information handling
- Employability, enterprise and citizenship: information and communication technology (ICT)
- Thinking skills: understanding, applying
- Practical Skills
Horizons – where can this subject take you?
The electronics industry continues to be a major contributor to the economy. It contributes not only to manufacturing, but to other sectors such as finance, telecommunications, material processing, oil extraction, weather forecasting and renewable energy. Within all of these fields there exists a wide range of job opportunities for people with skills in electronics.
Career options are huge but include:
Audio, Aeronautics, Space, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Electronic, Environmental, Geological, Marine, Mechanical, Petroleum, Software
Further job categories can be found here.
Pathways – how can I make progression?
School
College
- Many diverse courses on offer at Moray College
Employment
Opportunities in local employers that offer Foundation, Modern and Graduate apprenticeships
University
Engineering courses on offer at university example
Related subjects Practical Electronics works well with:
Maths, Physics, Engineering Science, Design and Manufacture, Business, Administration
