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The Faculty of Engineering
Trainee Engineering Technician Programme:An (Ex) Trainee’s Perspective Mark Jones
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Structure• The Training Programme
• Departmental Experience:• Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Departmental Secondment
• Progression of ‘The Programme’
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The Training Programme
• Two year duration• Focus on key skill areas IT,
Electronics, Mechanical and Laboratory.
• Work in departments throughout the Faculty and beyond
• Opportunity to attend training courses
• Projects to complete as a group of trainees
• Progress monitored through ‘PebblePad’.
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Departmental Experience:CBE• IT - Diagnosing faults with PCs
and replacement of hardware• Electronics - Construction of a
variety of heater control boxes for research projects
• Mechanical - Use of a variety of machine tools
• Laboratory - Setup and use of several analytical instruments including GC, Bomb Calorimeter, TGA, CHN Elemental Analyzer and AAS
• Working in teaching labs
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Departmental Experience:CBE
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Departmental Experience:CSE• IT - Installation and
implementation of LogMeIn software.
• Electronics - Development and implementation of LabView programs interfaced with physical circuits
• Laboratory - Use of HPLC, GC, GC-MS, IC, ICP-MS instruments
• Field work• Covering for absent members of
staff
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Departmental Experience:CSE
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Departmental Experience:EEE• IT - Installing specialist
research software i.e. Bede RADS.
• Setting up dual boot PC systems for specialist research applications
• Electronics - PAT testing and addition of items to the Departmental asset register
• Laboratory – Work in North Campus clean room
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Departmental Experience:EEE
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Departmental Experience:MechEng• Mechanical - Construction of
an extremely wide variety of parts and rigs for research and final year project applications
• Construction of test samples for tensile testing and friction based tests
• Use of Milling Machines, Lathes, Surface Grinder Bandsaws, linishers and various aspects of CNC manufacture as well as hand tools
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Departmental Experience:MechEng
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SecondmentCBE• Mondays and Tuesdays spent
in Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Laboratory Technician role• Involved in teaching,
supervision and research assistance
• Work on analytical instrumentation both for undergraduate and MSc courses
• Monitoring Risk Assessment and COSHH documentation
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The Future (as I see it)• Integration:
• Formalised system of progress into a department
• Collaboration between Faculties
• Sharing best practice between Universities
• Women in Engineering
• Mentoring by programme alumni
• ‘Hubs’ created for intensive focused skill training
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