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CADETSHIP
One of the best liked features of the EIA Cadetship program was the ~ two-year term.
This was much preferred to the 13 week 3rd/4th year vacation period.
If 13 weeks is too short to complete a significant project, then 2 years is enough to engage in a number of different projects. e.g an EIA cadet at Clipsal Electronics in stage 1 analysed and reported on the concept of an automated test system for a high volume product. Stage 2 he designed the system. Stage 3 he built the and tested the system. Stage 4 he installed and implemented the system into their production process. Stage 5 he analysed the daily operation of the system and made small improvements and wrote a report on the whole project. Total elapsed time about 1.5 years. This was always a one year + project and the 2 year cadetship gave him great experience on this project.
Estimated wage rates today for this work ~ $25 -$30 per hour (incl. 25% loading for casual, no holidays etc.) Is this level of pay reasonable?
Andrew,
In the 2000 ~2005 period EIA arranged ‘Cadetships’ for EEE students who had completed third year.
They completed fourth year part-time over 2 years and worked in a local electronics firm and were paid half-time during term time and full-tome during the 26 vacation weeks (less holidays). They therefore worked 70%- 75% of full-time and learned HOW to apply the theory they had learned and how to find the solutions to problems in the real world of electronic engineering.
Would such a scheme prvide some answers to the problem as you see it?
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