»DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY ELECTRİCAL APPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Location: Çankırı Karatekin University, Taşmescit Campus, 18200, Taşmescit, ÇANKIRI
E-mail: elektrik.iklimlendirme@karatekin.edu.tr
PROGRAM PROFILE
The program is a four-semester program that provides education and training for the maintenance, repair, installation, control of electrical devices, production, testing and measurement of electrical equipment, safe installation of electricity in buildings, maintenance of electrical tools and equipment, and troubleshooting. The program has switched to a 3+1 Workplace Education Model as of the 2024-2025 Academic Year. With this model, students will have an applied internship process during the 4th semester.
PROGRAM EDUCATION OBJECTIVES
The purpose of the program is to meet the need for qualified intermediate technical personnel equipped with professional knowledge and skills sought by the public and private sectors, who follow the technology of the day and continue to improve themselves, and who serve as a bridge between engineers and technicians. Graduates of the department, as qualified personnel with the title of technician, take part in the establishment of all kinds of facilities, the continuous operation of enterprises, the control, maintenance and repair of electrical devices and tools, in factories, in the continuity of production, and in energy production, transmission and distribution. The Electrical Program trains qualified personnel to respond to the demands and developments of the sector.
EDUCATION - TRAINING
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Within the framework of the regulations determined by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), student admission to this program is through the examination system conducted by the Student Selection and Placement (ÖSYM) Center. It is required to be a high school or equivalent school graduate and to be placed by obtaining a sufficient score as a result of the TYT (Basic Proficiency Test) conducted by ÖSYM.
DURATION AND CONTENT OF EDUCATION
The program will be carried out with the 3+1 workplace education model. Within the scope of this model, 3 semesters of the education provided over 4 semesters are organized as formal education and 1 semester is organized as full-time applied education in businesses. The following courses are taught to students throughout the education.
1st Semester: Vocational Mathematics I, Scientific Principles of Technology, Computer Aided Circuit Design, Measurement Techniques in Electrical and Electronics, Direct Current Circuits, Microcontrollers, Home Appliances-I,
2nd Semester: Vocational Mathematics II, Analog Electronics, Alternating Current Circuit Analysis, Home Appliances II, Soldering Techniques, Business World and Entrepreneurship, Sectoral Occupational Health and Safety
3rd Semester: Maintenance and Failure in Electrical Devices, Home Appliances III, System Analysis and Design, Programmable Controllers, Heaters and Cookers, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines
4th Semester: Vocational Training in Business
In addition, in the first year, they learn culture courses such as Atatürk`s Principles and History of Revolution, Turkish Language, Foreign Language. Students receive workplace applications training in workplaces related to their professions for 1 semester throughout the educaIion.
DURING THE EDUCATION PERIOD
During the education period, students can also benefit from the student loan provided by the Credit and Dormitories Institution and the loan and scholarship opportunities provided by other public institutions and organizations.
AFTER THE EDUCATION PERIOD
Electrical Device Technologies Technicians working in public institutions and organizations after the education period receive wages according to the coefficients and compensations in the degree and stage stipulated in the Technical Services Class of the Civil Service Law No. 657. The wages of professional staff working in the private sector are determined by mutual agreement.
THE TITLES EARNED BY GRADUATES AND THE JOBS THEY DO
Those who successfully complete the Electrical Device Technology Program education are given an associate degree diploma and the title of ‘Electrical Device Technology Technician’. Graduates of the program graduate as qualified personnel with the title of “Electrical Device Technology Technician” and are trained to take part in the production, control, maintenance and repair of electrical devices and tools.
ELECTRICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN
A secondary personnel working in the field of production, maintenance and repair of electrical devices used in homes.
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS TO WHİCH GRADUATING STUDENTS CAN MAKE VERTICAL TRANSFERS
- Electrical Devices Technology Program Associate Degree Students can transfer to the following undergraduate programs through the Vertical Transfer Exam:
- Control Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Faculty of Technology)
- Electronics Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering (Faculty of Technology)
- Energy Systems Engineering
- Physics, - Meteorology Engineering
- Aircraft Electrical-Electronics and Space Engineering.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Professionals can work in public and private institutions, as well as independently. They can work in organizations such as Turkey Electricity Distribution Inc., Turkey Radio and Television Corporation, State Hydraulic Works, Mechanical Chemistry Institute, General Directorate of Rural Services, and various ministries, especially the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. Today, there is no area where electricity is not used. As industrialization increases, electricity use becomes widespread.
Electrical Device Technology program students can find the opportunity to work in almost every field of electricity at the end of the theoretical and practical education they receive. Some of the work areas are as follows;
Electrical Low, Medium and High Voltage Installation and Assembly.
Stator and Rotor Windings of Electric Motors (Coil Winding).
Electrical Panel Assembly.
Mechanical Control.
Programmable Controllers System Design, Programming and Assembly.
Supplementary Electrical Systems Assembly (Fire Alarm, Hydrophore Systems, Air Conditioning Assembly, Clean and Dirty Water Transportation Systems Assembly).
PROGRAM PHYSICAL CAPACITY AND DISTRIBUTION
- Electrical Machines laboratory: 100 m2
- Electrical Measurement laboratory: 80 m2
- PLC Laboratory: 30 m2
- Digital Laboratory: 150 m2
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