I am just a few classes away from getting my Associates in Electrical Engineering. I currently have a Diploma in Industrial Electricity and have been working in industrial maintenance for 12 yrs. and am currently an electrical technician (10 yrs. multi-skilled and the last 2 yrs. strictly electrical due to a job change). I have returned to school to get my AAS in EE, so I would really like to know what possibilities I could expect.
You can get a job as an electronic engineering technicians. You help design, develop, test, and manufacture electrical and electronic equipment such as communication equipment, medical monitoring devices, navigational equipment, and computers. You may work in product evaluation and testing, using measuring and diagnostic devices to adjust, test, and repair equipment. Median annual wages of wage and salary electrical and electronic engineering technicians were $53,240 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $41,550 and $64,120. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $32,490, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $78,560. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of electrical and electronic engineering technicians were:
