An electrical technologist is a technologist who is required to apply electrical theory on the job. Their knowledge and skill lies between that of

electrical engineers Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the ...

and general electrical trades persons. In North America they train in a three-year diploma programs at colleges or universities.https://study.com/articles/Be_a_Certified_Electrical_Technologist_Certification_and_Career_Roadmap.html Specializations within the field include

instrumentation Instrumentation a collective term for measuring instruments that are used for indicating, measuring and recording physical quantities. The term has its origins in the art and science of scientific instrument-making. Instrumentation can refer to ...

power Power most often refers to: * Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" ** Engine power, the power put out by an engine ** Electric power * Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events ** Abusive power Power may a ...

telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that ...

, programming and electronic controls. Electrical technologists are employed by

utilities A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and ...

, engineering drafting/design companies, industry, and construction companies.

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