Presented by Mark McKeon, Electrical Reliability Services

This talk will discuss the education, training, and acclimation of a typical electrical engineer into a NETA firm that performs maintenance and testing as well as engineering services. Professor St. Leger will discuss the current trends in undergraduate electrical engineering curricula and how it partially contributes to the requirements for a NETA Engineer. Mr. Maynard will then discuss how being a NETA engineer varies between other electrical engineering roles and elaborate on training and education requirements beyond the typical undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum. A discussion on a multi-faceted approach to developing a NETA engineer, including continuing education, training, and mentorship, will then be laid out. The four training areas to be discussed are book training, software training, site training and report writing training. The presentation will discuss the overlap and at time gaps associated with an electrical engineering undergraduate education, training and on the job career growth as it pertains to a successful NETA engineering position. The gap analysis will focus on the limited field and client-based requirements that are required of a NETA engineer. In the end the attendee will have a better idea how to develop a development program that will allow a new college graduate engineer better integrate into work performed by a NETA company.