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industrial measurement and control

  • 20-01-2015 11:47pm
    #1
    jrobertos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭


    Hi guys. Thinking of doing this course in cit cork. Just wondering is there much work in this sector in Ireland eg calibration jobs

    Also I would be moving into this area a employment from a completely different sector. No prior experience


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  • #2
    eurokev
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    I have just finished this course,doing it by night 7-10. It took 3 years to complete doing an average of 3 subjects per semester and each subject costs €200 I think. I have now moved on to do the degree which is a further 2 to 3 years. I think I was the only person in my year of about 25 people who started the course with no previous experience. Most guys are qualified electricians doing it, and they receive a few exemptions so do not have to do as many subjects, some do it off their back some are encouraged to do it by their employers. There was a couple of guys who did it through springboard and I do not think any of these guys finished the course. and the last few guys worked in calibration metrology kind of jobs.
    Its a decent course, if you have a good level of maths and physics you should have no problem. The lecturers are brilliant and very approachable.
    Speaking for myself I was working in the drinks industry for 8 years while doing the course and just left in October when I finished the cert to begin an apprenticeship in e&I with a company in little island. So far it seems like a made a good move. I could got a job in calibration reasonably easily if I wanted to. Just be aware you will probably not be earning much for a while. I'm 28 and am much happier being at the bottom of a ladder I want to be climbing rather than half way up one I don't want to be.
    If there is anything you want to know I am more than happy to let you know anything I can answer for you


  • #3
    sentient_6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    jrobertos wrote: »
    Hi guys. Thinking of doing this course in cit cork. Just wondering is there much work in this sector in Ireland eg calibration jobs

    Also I would be moving into this area a employment from a completely different sector. No prior experience

    Plenty of jobs but heads up its mostly contracting. In general there's a shortage of instrumentation tecs in the country as there's serious money to be made abroad in oil and gas. Be prepared for poor money initially if you get a job with any of the main instrumentation companies as they like to push this bull**** 'graduate rate' now but if you've patience it improves to in around the industrial average, of course once the experience builds up there's nothing stopping following everyone else to Canada etc.


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