Electronics Technology

Your New Career
Electronics Technicians experience ever-changing challenges in one of technology's most exciting careers. Whether you want a full-time position or earn extra income part time, Penn Foster College will give you the skills you need to achieve success.

• Earn your Associate Degree at home in as little as two years by studying just an hour a day for your new career.
• Learn electronics terminology and procedures, so you’ll easily understand and be able to carry out your new duties.
• Gain the skills you need to install electronic equipment safely, and troubleshoot any problems you encounter on the job.

Apply the skills you learn in your training program diligently for a financially successful future.

What's more, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, job outlook in this field is excellent, with employment expected to rise as much as 10% by 2014.* With your determination and the right training, you'll be ready to take advantage of the opportunities available and make your mark on this profession.

Your New Skills
You'll learn every important part of being an Electronics Technician.

• Your in-depth lessons include step-by-step instruction in electronics hardware, capacitors and inductors, alternating current, transformers, and amplifiers.
• You'll receive training in resonant circuits, electronic sensors, audio and RF circuits, oscillator and feedback waveforms, and more.
• You'll also learn important lessons in personal safety on the job.

*Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2014. Source "National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix" a publication of the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics.