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If you could choose to be a robotics,electrical,electromechanical or PLC technician?

  • 06-02-2012 7:31pm
    #1
    ohwell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭


    Which would you choose and why? PLC stands for Programmable Logic Controllers, just incase anyone didn't know. By the way, which for an absolute novice who doesn't even know which wires are for the dvd and which are for the xbox would be the "easier" to study and work at? Thanks.


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  • #2
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    they seem awfully technical for someone with no previous experience.

    what started the interest?

    and if id to choose id say mechatronics btw


  • #3
    ohwell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭ohwell


    mawk wrote: »
    they seem awfully technical for someone with no previous experience.

    what started the interest?

    and if id to choose id say mechatronics btw

    Yeah, I know, lol. The interest? Found an entirely distance/online programme from a well known Canadian college that is a really, really unbelievable price for certification as a technician. It's an award winning course, not some fly by night thing. Price is just unreal. Thing is could I handle it? Me thinks probably not, my wife could no problemo but yours truly has a semi-permanent brain freeze.

    Btw, is mechatronics the same as electromechanical or robotics? I've really, really no idea, lol.


  • #4
    Offy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭Offy


    ohwell wrote: »
    Which would you choose and why? PLC stands for Programmable Logic Controllers, just incase anyone didn't know. By the way, which for an absolute novice who doesn't even know which wires are for the dvd and which are for the xbox would be the "easier" to study and work at? Thanks.

    I have two industrial certs in robotics and I worked for a few years fixing and programming Cartesian robots. I also programmed PLCs during that time. I have a degree in Mechatronics. Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer engineering. When studying mechatronics you will learn about robotics but its a different story working with them.
    Theres not a lot of difference between mechatronics and electromechanical, mechatronics includes a lot of programming which isnt covered in as much detail as electromechanical but programming PLC's and microcontrollers is really an electrical/electronic discipline. PLC's are a specialist area of electrical engineering as are robots and a lot of robots are controlled by PLC's.
    If I was starting again knowing what I now know I would pick electromechanical technician simply because it covers so many bases. Second would be electrical because there are more employment opportunities than robotics. Without something to back it up PLC's that would be last. If you only have a PLC qualification at technician level finding employment in Ireland will be difficult.


  • #5
    ohwell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭ohwell


    Offy wrote: »
    I have two industrial certs in robotics and I worked for a few years fixing and programming Cartesian robots. I also programmed PLCs during that time. I have a degree in Mechatronics. Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer engineering. When studying mechatronics you will learn about robotics but its a different story working with them.
    Theres not a lot of difference between mechatronics and electromechanical, mechatronics includes a lot of programming which isnt covered in as much detail as electromechanical but programming PLC's and microcontrollers is really an electrical/electronic discipline. PLC's are a specialist area of electrical engineering as are robots and a lot of robots are controlled by PLC's.
    If I was starting again knowing what I now know I would pick electromechanical technician simply because it covers so many bases. Second would be electrical because there are more employment opportunities than robotics. Without something to back it up PLC's that would be last. If you only have a PLC qualification at technician level finding employment in Ireland will be difficult.

    Thanks for your reply, sorry about the delay in responding. I don't think I'll go for it after all, wouldn't be something I'd grasp I'd say, robots, robotics....all very confusing to me, lol - wouldn't have any interest in it. I'm not in the least bit mechanically minded. Pity but that's just how it is, obviously dropped on my head as a baby or read poetry in the crib, lol. Thanks.


  • #6
    Canadian37
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭Canadian37


    What did you end up doing ? it has been 5 years......I thought this article might help you if you are still interested:
    plctechnician dot com blog/a-guide-to-certificates-vs-certification
    There are many resources out there.


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