Electrical Engineering Technician

Campus: Sudbury (SU), Timmins (TI)

Programme code:

ELTG

Admission code:

ELTC

Length:

2nd year (specialization)

Description:

This program covers the technical functions relating to various fields of electrical engineering. The technician installs, maintains, and calibrates electricity-generation and distribution equipment, assembles prototypes or does the final assembly of protection systems and reading/meterage devices using  manual and electrical tools and measurement instruments. The technician’s job also entails assisting technologists and engineers in the testing, installation, activation, maintenance and calibration of electrical machinery and electronic control systems Our industrial laboratories (PLC, MCC, AC Drives) ensure an education that is relevant to various industries. The program covers all required elements of level 2 of electrical apprenticeship.

Tuition fees (approx.):

$3,706 (1st year; includes kit)

Other fees (certificate, field activities, etc.):

$500 (approximate)

Admission requirements:

Electrical Practices Certificate (1 year)

Recommended course or other:

• 1 physics course: grade 11 or 12, pre-college or pre-university

Work environment (type of employer):

• Mining industry
• Forestry industry
• Electricity company
• Refineries
• Armed forces
• Food industry
• Hospitals
• Robotics
  
   

Possibilities of a bachelor’s degree or other title:

Many universities recognize the postsecondary credits of Collège Boréal. After your college studies, the university of your choice will examine your credits in order to establish the appropriate equivalence.

Academic qualification:

Ontario college diploma - advanced level

Note:

• After obtaining the diploma, the student may enroll in year 3 of the Electrical Engineering Technician or the Electrical Engineering Technologist –Industrial (Technologie du génie électrique ou Technologie du génie électronique – industriel) program.
• All of our programs are offered in French. Taking into account the realities of the job market, Collège Boréal prepares its students to work in both official languages. Your program could include English texts and documents and the possibility of an internship where bilingualism is required.

Step 1

• ELN1015 ~ Électricité I
• ELN1030 ~ Installations et code électrique I (résidentiel)
• ELN1033 ~ Dessins d’installation I (industriel)
• FRA1005 ~ Français I
• INF1064 ~ Culture technologique
• MAT1006 ~ Mathématiques appliquées I

Step 2

• ELN1036 ~ Électronique I
• ELN1038 ~ Physique mécanique
• ELN1039 ~ Instrumentation I
• ELN1053 ~ Introduction aux Ordinateurs et Réseaux
• ENG1003 ~ English Communications
• IMAT1007 ~ Mathématiques appliquées
• IIMAT1023 ~ Statistiques pour technologues