During attendance at GMIT, Electrical Installation apprentices What is Electrical Installation?
study Engineering Science, Engineering Drawing, Electrical Electrical Engineering provides us with electrical energy for heat,
Engineering Science, Electrical Craft Theory, Planning of Electrical light, power and for systems with electronic supervision and
installation Work, Practical Installation Work, Mathematics, control. The aim is to generate, distribute and apply electrical
Electronics, Instruments, Computers and Industrial Studies. energy safely and economically. This includes the design of safe
(Please note that specific course subjects may vary from year to electrical cabling systems for domestic, commercial, business
year). and industrial places of living and working, in line with legal
and technical regulations. Electricians construct, test and
Motor Engineering apprentices study Motor Vehicle Electronics, maintain electrical systems that sustain the modern highly
Engineering Drawing, Motor Vehicle Science, Motor Vehicle sophisticated living and working environments. Besides the
Theory, Workshop Practice, Garage Practice, Mathematics, systems themselves, the selection of the most efficient motor
Computers. (Please note that specific course subjects may vary systems and other apparatus to perform special tasks is also
from year to year). involved.
When apprentices have successfully passed all seven stages of The knowledge required for employment as an electrician
their training - phases 1, 3, 5 and 7 with their employers; phase includes a good grounding in the fundamentals of electrical
2 with FÁS and phases 4 and 6 with GMIT - they are then engineering sciences with their application to electrical
awarded the National Craft Certificate which allows them to installation and generation systems.
pursue their chosen trade, worldwide.
What is Motor Engineering?
Many qualified craftspersons set up their own contracting, Motor transport is of vital importance to modern life, whether in
servicing and manufacturing companies and gain employment in the form of cars or heavy vehicles for the transportation of
management positions such as site supervisors, service goods. This worldwide industry needs highly qualified people at
mechanics in National Car Test centres and aerospace industry a technical level. This includes technical repair and diagnosis,
engineering mechanics. parts supply and specialised repair shops. Automobile and heavy
vehicle development have undergone dramatic changes in
Others avail of the many opportunities open to them to further recent times. Technological advances have made vehicles more
their education by taking part-time or full-time Higher Certificate efficient, more environmentally friendly and safer.
courses and Bachelor of Engineering Degree Courses at
Institutes of Technology. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology’s continuing education
courses in Automobile Engineering are designed to take account
of these changes.
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