Marine electronics technicians lay out, install and repair electronic systems and equipment in vessels. They assemble electronic components and wiring according to blueprints and assembly drawings.
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The technology used to convert electrical energy from a battery or power system into mechanical energy, transmitting the force generated into motion. In the maritime sector, electrical energy is used to drive propeller blades.
The mechanical aspects and principles of vessels operations, and the technicalities and mechanical composition of boats and ships.
Various types of maritime vessels such as container ships, passenger ships and fishing vessels, and their characteristics and specifications, security, technical, and maintenance requirements.
The national and international regulations with regards to the use and manufacture of electrical equipment on the workfloor. These regulations provide rules and guidelines on topics such as general risk management, electrical equipment manufacture, electrical equipment testing, electrical equipment installation, warning labels, and certificates.
The national and international quality and safety standards and regulations with regards to the use and manufacture of electronic equipment and its components, such as semiconductors and printed circuit boards.
The functioning of electronic circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including programming and applications.
Electronic components, made up from a set of electronic circuits which are placed on semiconductor material, such as silicon. Integrated circuits (IC) can hold billions of electronic components on a microscale and are one of basic components of electronic devices.
Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.
Printed circuit boards (PCB) are essential components to almost all electronic devices. They consist of thin wafers or substrates on which electronic components, such as microchips, are placed. The electronic components are electrically connected through conductive tracks and pads.
The different categories of electronics, such as consumer electronics, medical devices, microelectronics, computers, information and communication equipment, and measuring equipment.
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Read and comprehend circuit diagrams showing the connections between the devices, such as power and signal connections.
Utilise water navigation devices, e.g. compass or sextant, or navigational aids such as lighthouses or buoys, radar, satellite, and computer systems, in order to navigate vessels on waterways. Work with recent charts/maps, notices, and publications in order to determine the precise position of a vessel.
Align and lay out components in order to put them together correctly according to blueprints and technical plans.
Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.
Apply and work with a variety of techniques in the process of soldering, such as soft soldering, silver soldering, induction soldering, resistance soldering, pipe soldering, mechanical and aluminium soldering.
Connect various electronic and computer parts to form an electronic product or device.
Clean components before fixing them to other compounds or units of components during the assembly process.
Fasten components together according to blueprints and technical plans in order to create subassemblies or finished products.
Read and interpret drawings listing all the parts and subassemblies of a certain product. The drawing identifies the different components and materials and provides instructions on how to assemble a product.
Operate and use soldering tools and soldering iron, which supply high temperatures to melt the solder and to join electronic components.
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The technologies which enable access to hardware, software, data and services through remote servers and software networks irrespective of their location and architecture.
The methods of artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and databases used to extract content from a dataset.
The physical and technical concepts of how digital data storage is organised in specific schemes both locally, such as hard-drives and random-access memories (RAM) and remotely, via network, internet or cloud.
The various weapons and weapon systems used to protect citizens and to harm or shield incoming enemies and enemy weapons.
The techniques and methods used for eliciting and extracting information from unstructured or semi-structured digital documents and sources.
The type of infrastructure which defines the format of data: semi-structured, unstructured and structured.
The information that is not arranged in a pre-defined manner or does not have a pre-defined data model and is difficult to understand and find patterns in without using techniques such as data mining.
The visual representation and interaction techniques, such as histograms, scatter plots, surface plots, tree maps and parallel coordinate plots, that can be used to present abstract numerical and non-numerical data, in order to reinforce the human understanding of this information.
Set of technologies that make a process, system, or apparatus operate automatically through the use of control systems.
The tools used to transform large amounts of raw data into relevant and helpful business information.
Computers, computer networks and other information technologies and equipment that can store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data.
Subdiscipline of engineering that focuses on controlling the behaviour of systems through the use of sensors and actuators.
The principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.
The engineering processes that combine electrical and mechanical engineering in the application of electromechanics in devices that need electricity to create mechanical movement or devices that create electricity by mechanical movement.
Multidisciplinary field of engineering that combines principles of electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, control engineering, computer engineering, and mechanical engineering in the design of products and manufacturing processes. The combination of these areas of engineering allows for the design and development of "smart" devices and the achievement of an optimal balance between mechanical structure and control.
Computer processors on a microscale that integrate the computer central processing unit (CPU) on a single chip.
The functioning, design, and usage of electronics that control and convert electric power. Power conversion systems are usually categorised as AC-DC or rectifiers, DC-AC or inverters, DC-DC converters, and AC-AC converters.
Programmable logic controllers or PLC's are computer control systems used for the monitoring and control of input and output as well as the automation of electromechanical processes.
The components that can be found in robotic systems, such as microprocessors, electronics, sensors, circuit boards, encoders, servomotors, controllers, pneumatics or hydraulics.
The branch of engineering that involves the design, operation, manufacture, and application of robots. Robotics is part of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science and overlaps with mechatronics and automation engineering.
Sensors are transducers that can detect or sense characteristics in their environment. They detect changes in the apparatus or environment and provide a corresponding optical or electrical signal. Sensors are commonly divided in six classes: mechanical, electronic, thermal, magnetic, electrochemical, and optical sensors.
Specific software system (SAS) used for advanced analytics, business intelligence, data management, and predictive analytics.
Construct prototypes from rough plans and sketches.
Use specific software for data analysis, including statistics, spreadsheets, and databases. Explore possibilities in order to make reports to managers, superiors, or clients.
Assemble mechatronic units using mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, electronic, and information technology systems and components. Manipulate and attach metals through using welding and soldering techniques, glue, screws, and rivets. Install wiring. Install drive systems, sensors, actuators, and transducers. Mount switches, control devices, coverings, and protection.
Attach electronic components to the printed circuit board through applying soldering techniques. Electronic components are placed in holes in through-hole assembly (THT), or are placed on the surface of PCB in surface-mount assembly (SMT).
Mount chips on a sensor substrate and attach them using soldering or wafer bumping techniques.
Install the automation components according to the specifications of the circuit diagram.
Install equipment used for the automation of a specific machine or device.
Analyse and understand given technical information for electronic repair work.
Diagnose and detect malfunctions in robotic components and systems and remove, replace, or repair these components when necessary. Execute preventative equipment maintenance tasks, such as storing robotic components in clean, dust-free, and non-humid spaces.
Administer all types of data resources through their lifecycle by performing data profiling, parsing, standardisation, identity resolution, cleansing, enhancement and auditing. Ensure the data is fit for purpose, using specialised ICT tools to fulfil the data quality criteria.
Explore large datasets to reveal patterns using statistics, database systems or artificial intelligence and present the information in a comprehensible way.
Test mechatronic units using appropriate equipment. Gather and analyse data. Monitor and evaluate system performance and take action if needed.
Use techniques and algorithms that are able to extract mastery out of data, learn from it and make predictions, to be used for program optimisation, application adaptation, pattern recognition, filtering, search engines and computer vision.
Collect and evaluate numerical data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of identifying patterns between the data.
Interpret and analyse data collected during testing in order to formulate conclusions, new insights or solutions.
Assemble the necessary hardware components, such as the motherboard, Central Processing Unit (CPU), hard drive, disk drive, power supply unit, RAM, PCI card, mouse, keyboard, cameras and other necessary components to build the computer device. Attach the components manually using screwdrivers or use assembly machines and install the wiring.
Correct and adjust the reliability of an electronic instrument by measuring output and comparing results with the data of a reference device or a set of standardised results. This is done in regular intervals which are set by the manufacturer and using calibration devices.
Make sure that the measurable factors which define the operation of a system correspond to the predetermined norms.
Install systems and components that use pneumatics to create mechanical movements such as air brakes, pneumatic cylinders, air compressors and other systems.
Install machine-readable instructions, such as computer programs, in order to direct the computer's processor to perform a certain set of actions.
Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
Collaborate with engineers to ensure common understanding and discuss product design, development and improvement.
Calibrate and maintain electronic systems. Execute preventive equipment maintenance tasks.
Gather, process and present quantitative data. Use the appropriate programs and methods for validating, organising and interpreting data.
Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its tasks, and adjust settings accordingly.
Repair, replace or adjust damaged electronics components or circuitry. Use hand tools and soldering and welding equipment.
Test electronic units using appropriate equipment. Gather and analyse data. Monitor and evaluate system performance and take action if needed.
Test sensors using appropriate equipment. Gather and analyse data. Monitor and evaluate system performance and take action if needed.
Use diagnostic equipment to measure current, resistance and voltage. Handle sophisticated multimeters to measure inductance, capacitance and current transistor gain.
Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.