Hi everyone,
First of all thanks for such a wonderful forum which i hope to use more often as i prepare for my exams over next 10 months. (part of my new year resolution!)
A little about my background: I have done MEng honours in Electronics and Communication Engineering and currently working in a railway industry as an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Engineer, for less than 2 years. I am a recent graduate so still very new to the field.
My high-level goal is to gain licence 1.1.100 (Assistant Signalling Design Engineer)
For that to accomplish, my understanding of the procedure to follow is:-
=>Become an associate member of IRSE before end of February 2012
=>Apply to sit in the exams to be held in October 2012 (in England)
Right, here is a list of things that are not immediately clear to me. I will appreciate if anyone would take some time to reply.
1) How many modules do i need to sit in to gain 1.1.100 licence?
2)How do i choose exactly which modules to take? i.e. which of the modules are relevant to my needs considering im going for 1.1.100 license.
3)If i pass the exam than i should be awarded the license right?
4)How long before i will be awarded this license, after passing the exam? and what steps are needed to be taken following that (if any).
5)What if i fail one module? do i have to wait until the next year (12 months) to sit in again?
6)Will i need to go through in-house assessment of some sort? The company i work for is pretty small company (35-50 employees) and is not on the approved assessment agent list (or whatever its called). What are my options.
7)The work that my company does kind of touches on the subject relevant to signal designing and reviewing. For example, we review other companies designs and layout etc but never prepare it for them. We look at them from electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) point of view. So, i am trying to extend my knowledge of the subject by going beyond the EMC aspect of their design. I think the best way is to study for this exam as that will no doubt help me gain more knowledge.
8)I will appreciate if anyone has any experience of people coming from EMC background into this field.
Thanks for going through my rather long post. I didn't imagine it to be that long when i started writing it
Happy new year
First of all thanks for such a wonderful forum which i hope to use more often as i prepare for my exams over next 10 months. (part of my new year resolution!)
A little about my background: I have done MEng honours in Electronics and Communication Engineering and currently working in a railway industry as an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Engineer, for less than 2 years. I am a recent graduate so still very new to the field.
My high-level goal is to gain licence 1.1.100 (Assistant Signalling Design Engineer)
For that to accomplish, my understanding of the procedure to follow is:-
=>Become an associate member of IRSE before end of February 2012
=>Apply to sit in the exams to be held in October 2012 (in England)
Right, here is a list of things that are not immediately clear to me. I will appreciate if anyone would take some time to reply.
1) How many modules do i need to sit in to gain 1.1.100 licence?
2)How do i choose exactly which modules to take? i.e. which of the modules are relevant to my needs considering im going for 1.1.100 license.
3)If i pass the exam than i should be awarded the license right?
4)How long before i will be awarded this license, after passing the exam? and what steps are needed to be taken following that (if any).
5)What if i fail one module? do i have to wait until the next year (12 months) to sit in again?
6)Will i need to go through in-house assessment of some sort? The company i work for is pretty small company (35-50 employees) and is not on the approved assessment agent list (or whatever its called). What are my options.
7)The work that my company does kind of touches on the subject relevant to signal designing and reviewing. For example, we review other companies designs and layout etc but never prepare it for them. We look at them from electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) point of view. So, i am trying to extend my knowledge of the subject by going beyond the EMC aspect of their design. I think the best way is to study for this exam as that will no doubt help me gain more knowledge.
8)I will appreciate if anyone has any experience of people coming from EMC background into this field.
Thanks for going through my rather long post. I didn't imagine it to be that long when i started writing it
Happy new year