anyone doing the energy renewable course

robert18

is there anyone here doin the renewable course and if so what is it like .thanks

creme-egg

its a load of bull, doin it, havent learnt a ting

ShevY

id also like to know what people think of this course

Tech3

Ive Graduated from the electronics course a few years ago. I really enjoyed the course. Anyway I just came across the new course in LIT website.

Is this course the only one of its kind in Ireland? Its one that might be guaranteed jobs when qualified as the renewabe energy sector is the one that is looking to be heavily invested in the next few years.

Could someone give some feedback on how the course is going?

drunken_munky52

Yes, I'm doing the course and would suggest if your changing course on the CAO in June, then choose this one. The country is crying out for engineers and technical minds at the moment. These positions will always been in demand, especially in the ever growing renewable sector.

Plenty of maths and physics, so if you aint into these subjects then don't bother. That said, most of it is very practical and interesting. Getting past 1st year is like revisting the leaving cert. Grade 6 electricians can go directly into 2nd year.

Its not an engineering course, its a bachelor in science, but theres plenty of electrical engineering material in the course in tandum with energy calcualtions e.g. how much energy you can get from a X amount of slurry, how much wind and water energy in areas etc.

2nd year, you do a BER course as part of the year and can qualify to become a BER assesor out of it. So theres lots a flexibility with this course. It gives you good grounding also if you want to move into specialist areas. e.g. electrical power, heat power, transport etc

There plenty of oppurtunity to go into honours and master level courses after its complete.

Im doing it myself, and admit it can be boring in places but sure what college course isnt? Im just foccused on getting a almost sure job at the end of it.

Secoundrow

Ive Graduated from the electronics course a few years ago. I really enjoyed the course. Anyway I just came across the new course in LIT website.

Is this course the only one of its kind in Ireland? Its one that might be guaranteed jobs when qualified as the renewabe energy sector is the one that is looking to be heavily invested in the next few years.

Could someone give some feedback on how the course is going?

im not doing it or anything but I know that Gmit run a energy Engineering course its only starting in september and unlike lit which runs it with there electronics course GMIT run it along side there machanicle engineering course and there is going to be quite a bit of cross over you also recheive a Bachelor of Engineering in Machanicle engineering as well as your energy degree

There should be more info on there website!

Www.GMIT.ie

kob29

My brother just got informed that he got straight into second year due to having phase 6 trade completed, so tell all....what can he expect. He already has that BER done so will he have to do that again?

PYRO#1

Ya i got into second year too!
Did the BER course a few weeks ago in LIT as a night course.

kob29

Congrats pyro, so my little bro will have someone to play with now

drunken_munky52

kob29 wrote: »

My brother just got informed that he got straight into second year due to having phase 6 trade completed, so tell all....what can he expect. He already has that BER done so will he have to do that again?

Yes, its part of the course content, so you have to do an LIT exam in it to pass into 3rd year. On the upshot, electricians are exempted from doing electrical tech 2. Most of the lads still complained. Alot were blown away by the complicated subject "Energy Transfer". If you like physics, then you will love this subject. Just wish I could say electricians had the same entusiaism as regular sudents when it comes to understanding it!

PYRO#1

Thanks Kob:D

Ya i cant wait to start! Im not a sparky but have a background in electronics.
Why dont they like energy transfer? Whats it about?

drunken_munky52

PYRO#1 wrote: »

Thanks Kob:D

Ya i cant wait to start! Im not a sparky but have a background in electronics.
Why dont they like energy transfer? Whats it about?

Basically, its all about thermodynamics. It focusses on heat energy transfer. Handy for understanding how heat pumps, AC conditioning, thermal power plants and heat cycles work.

Most sparkies were OK with it. They mostly found it difficult to get accustomed to achedemic life more than anything. Been out of school for a few years and suddenly been asked to remember maths all over again I can understand, but they adapt well, its human nature.

Screed

Hope you are not intending in doing it at evening classes. Just found out they canned it for the 2009-10 academic year. Signed up last year and did well in exams to find out no classes next term.

PYRO#1

That's unbelievable!!! Surely there is a bigger demand now that soo many are out of work! It was my plan B to do it as an evening class, good thing plan A worked out:D

Screed

PYRO#1 wrote: »

That's unbelievable!!! Surely there is a bigger demand now that soo many are out of work! It was my plan B to do it as an evening class, good thing plan A worked out:D

What was plan A? you said you have a backgornd in electronics. Any chance you finished in LIT in the last few years and have notes. I'm hopefully returning to 3rd year and I'm looking for lecture notes of current material. Anything from 1st to 4th year for the Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering. Would like to see current material.

PYRO#1

Plan A was go back to college and do the course full time. I was educated in electronics somewhere else so dont have notes from LIT, sorry Screed

Screed

Cheers anyway. Hope someone else may see thread

bountyhunter87

hey all, thought id bring this thread up again as im interested in applying for this course.

im a qualified sparks. iv alot of enterest in renewable energy. wind and wave, etc.

with over supply of sparks and not much work now or for the foreseeable future...

wonder is this course a good course and what sort job opertunities could i expect?

work on wind farms offshore onshore etc????

if anybody could help. thanks

Hococop

bountyhunter87 wrote: »

hey all, thought id bring this thread up again as im interested in applying for this course.

im a qualified sparks. iv alot of enterest in renewable energy. wind and wave, etc.

with over supply of sparks and not much work now or for the foreseeable future...

wonder is this course a good course and what sort job opertunities could i expect?

work on wind farms offshore onshore etc????

if anybody could help. thanks

hey im in the 4th year of the course

i am not a sparky but there are about 12 lads who are

overall most of us have said we have learnt absolutely nothing from it

2 sparkies left after they got the level 7 as they got jobs. thats all that got work.

dont get me wrong there are interesting areas but there some bad areas in the course

you were on about wind farms for work: we learned 1 or 2 lads can control most of the wind turbines in munster and most work is in the construction which will last a short while.

this is my opinion its really up to you

oh and most of the sparkies are heading out of the country after this course to find work

Amateurish

Hococop wrote: »

you were on about wind farms for work: we learned 1 or 2 lads can control most of the wind turbines in munster and most work is in the construction which will last a short while.

this is my opinion its really up to you

Was chatting to an owner of a couple of enercon units recently - he'd been told 8 -10 hours of routine servicing per turbine per year. Safe to assume there is non routine work here and there too so they might not be too bad for employment if they get more common. (1 full-time job to 100 or 150 turbines maybe?? )

sunny10

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Bring it to the GMIT forum sunny.