Thanks for the reply. I was wondering how they handled the unstandard
NMEA mess the manufacturers have gotten us all into. An installer
course without the interfacing doesn't seem to fulfill a job
requirement except cable puller.

I got my on-the-job training at:

USN
Amex Systems
Tracor Applied Sciences, Electronic Systems Division
EIL Instruments
Charleston Naval Shipyard

They even paid me!....(c;

Wasn't much simple NMEA.....though.



On 26 Nov 2003 21:08:04 GMT, pamdump (Den73740)
wrote:

Subject: Marine electronics training
From: (Larry W4CSC)


Dennis, I'm very curious about your NMEA course.

How do they tell you to hook up non-compliant devices that have one
wire for NMEA output and one wire for NMEA input to the balanced NMEA
(+) and (-) network? Did anyone talk about why some manufacturers
cheap-out like this?


It was pretty much hardware oriented, wiring, cables, transducers, and
mounting. It was the installer certification. Interfacing data outputs wasn't
covered.

They have a technician certification test that covers what I'm interested in
learning but no course for it.

I agree that the best place to learn it is on the job but there are few
openings for entry level techs. Most companies want to hire someone with 5 yrs
experience that has done their mistakes and training at another company.

There was a vocational school that started a program down here, McFatter, but
they don't have the program anymore. It had an internship with a company as you
were training.

Dennis

Larry W4CSC

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