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Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering


 National Code: UEE50520
 TAFE SA Code: TP01208


2025 start

Description

Be ready for the jobs of the future with this nationally recognised qualification in electronics and communications engineering. You’ll gain advanced hands-on skills in electrotechnology so you can work as a technical officer in the rapidly-growing electronics industry and related areas like defence, mining, biomedical, and communications. You could be commissioning and maintaining medical equipment or supervising production line activities in a manufacturing environment. Learn about commissioning and modifying electronics and communications systems, WHS risk and legislation, sustainable energy, leadership, project management, maintenance programs, and fault-finding and trouble-shooting scenarios. It’s your career, you choose where it can take you.

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36 months 

Part Time

Electronic Engineering Technical Officer
Electronic Engineering Technical Officer

Locations & Applications

Campus / Location
Code
Study Mode
Study Load
Scheduled
Regency Park

852310

Blended – learn in a mixture of classroom and online environments. On campus learning will be scheduled but online learning can provide more flexibility. Lecturer support will be provided for all study. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required.
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On Campus/Location

On campus/location – learn in a classroom environment that gives you the opportunity to interact with your lecturer and fellow students in person.

Online

Online – learn at your own pace, in your own space. Lecturer support will be provided via email and interaction with fellow students may be available via forums and chat groups. Online courses require access to a computer with an internet connection.

Blended

Blended – learn in a mixture of classroom and online environments. On campus learning will be scheduled but online learning can provide more flexibility. Lecturer support will be provided for all study. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required.

Virtual Classroom

Virtual Classroom – online classes are delivered by Collaborate. Collaborate is a web-based online classroom collaboration tool that acts as a real-time virtual classroom.

Workplace

Workplace – if you are currently employed in the industry but do not have a formal qualification TAFE SA can recognise the skills you already have. The duration of the course will be determined by your individual study plan.

Full Time

Full Time classes

Part Time

Part Time classes

Day Classes

Day time classes

Evening Classes

Evening time classes

International

A course available to International students

Course Admission Requirements

  • No course admission requirements
If there are more applications for this course than places available, applicants will be ranked by date of application to this course.

Fees

Average cost per semester
Total Fees for the 36 month course
Subsidised
$1,680
$10,080
Concession
$1,280
$7,680
You may be eligible for government subsidised training.
Subsidised Training Eligibility
Subsidised training may require applicants to complete a Core Skills Profile Assessment (CSPA).
What is the CSPA?
Full Fee
$5,493
$32,960

Fees vary depending on subjects you enrol into. TAFE SA and their agents reserve the right to make any changes necessary. Fee updates will be available prior to offers being made.

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    Upfront Payment

    Each semester, fees can be paid online with VISA or Mastercard or at an Australia Post outlet.

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    VET Student Loan

    This is an interest-free personal loan from the Australian Government that provides eligible students access to capped funding to help pay for their studies.

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    Payment Plan

    If you have difficulty paying your fees upfront, you may be eligible for a payment plan.

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  • Employment Outcomes & Skills Covered

    Employment Outcomes

    Work as a technical officer in the rapidly-growing electronics industry and related areas like defence, mining, biomedical and communications. You may be commissioning and maintaining medical equipment or supervising production line activities in a manufacturing environment.

    Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.

    Qualifications & Skills Covered

    Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering (UEE50520)
    This course provides skills in commissioning electronic and communication systems, modification-redesign of electronic and communication systems and workplace safety. To complete the qualification you are required to complete all 7 core units and elective units totalling 1460 points.

    Note: Students who successfully complete only one or more units of competency but not the full qualification are eligible to receive a Statement of Attainment.

    90%*
    of TAFE SA graduates are satisfied with the overall quality of training.
    87%*
    of TAFE SA graduates would recommend their training.



    * 2023 NCVER Student Outcomes Survey findings

  • Course Units
    C 20 Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace EABYZ UEECD0007 C 20 Document and apply measures to control WHS risks associated with electrotechnology work EABZA UEECD0016 E 40 Fabricate, assemble and dismantle utilities industry components EABZB UEECD0019 E 20 Fix and secure electrotechnology equipment EABZC UEECD0020 C 20 Participate in Development and Follow a Personal Competency Development Plan EABZD UEECD0027 E 80 Solve problems in direct current circuits EABZE UEECD0043 E 40 Use drawings, diagrams, schedules, standards, codes and specifications EABZF UEECD0051 E 40 Repairs basic electronic apparatus faults by replacement of components EABZK UEEEC0060 E 80 Troubleshoot resonance circuits in an electronic apparatus EABZW UEEEC0074 E 40 Fault find and repair complex power supplies EABZY UEEEC0028 E 40 Solve fundamental electronic communications system problems EABZZ UEEEC0063 E 80 Troubleshoot amplifiers in an electronic apparatus EACAA UEEEC0066 E 40 Troubleshoot basic amplifier circuits EACAB UEEEC0067 E 80 Troubleshoot digital sub-systems EACAC UEEEC0069 E 40 Troubleshoot single phase input d.c power supplies EACAD UEEEC0075 C 20 Implement and monitor energy sector WHS policies and procedures EACAE UEECD0024 C 20 Commission electronics and communications systems EACAF UEEEC0007 C 20 Modify - redesign electronics and communications systems EACAG UEEEC0044 C 20 Implement and Monitor Energy Sector Environmental and Sustainable Policies and Procedures EACAH UEERE0015 E 40 Assemble electronic components EACBZ UEEAS0001 E 20 Select electronic components for assembly EACCA UEEAS0004 E 40 Use lead-free soldering techniques EACCB UEEAS0006 E 80 Assemble, set up and test computing devices EACCC UEECS0003 E 40 Set up and configure basic local area network (LAN) EACCD UEECS0029 E 40 Use engineering applications software on personal computers EACCE UEECS0033 E 60 Compile and Produce an Energy Sector Detailed Report EACCF UEECD0010 E 40 Supervise and coordinate energy sector work activities EACCG UEECD0047 E 120 Set up, create and implement content for a web server EACCH UEECS0031 E 40 Develop structured programs to control external devices EACCK UEEIC0012 E 60 Provide Solutions to Basic Engineering Computational Problems EACCL UEECD0039 E 60 Develop industrial control programs for microcomputer equipped devices EACCM UEECS0017 E 60 Provide programming solution for computer systems engineering problems EACCN UEECS0027 E 40 Design electronic printed circuit boards EACCP UEEEC0013 E 60 Develop and test code for microcontroller devices EACCR UEEIC0010 E 80 Develop and apply network electronic control system modifications TABCN AURETR033 E 60 Apply introductory programming skills in different languages TABTZ ICTPRG440

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