Bermuda College

Designed with the assistance of employers in the Telecommunications and Electronics industry, this programme will prepare students for employment as technicians in the island’s growing electronics and telecommunications industry.

The first year of the course gives the learner a firm grounding in the fundamentals of electrical and electronic principles, Construction, Electrical Codes and standards used in the field and an understanding of the construction of a basic telecommunications cabling infrastructure.

In the second year of the course, the learner will cover the higher-level electrical and electronic theory, the function and use of test equipment, system grounding and the fundamentals of the EIA/TIA cabling standards. More advanced skills covered in the second year include the fundamentals of voice, data, wireless, fibre optic systems, connector construction, maintenance and repair, and planning and supervision principles.

The course follows a competency based modularised format, which usually takes two years to complete. Emphasis is placed on the practical application of the theory taught in the course. Graduates will complete the National Centre for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Electronics Systems Technician Levels 1 to 4.