I’m mulling over the idea of assisting some young person or other in starting out in a career as a medical equipment engineering technician. But being a bit out of date myself, I need to do some research first. Hence I have a pile of questions.
I have no particular student in mind at present, but imagine a youngster from a "person in need" kind of background, if you catch my drift (someone who otherwise would not have the opportunity to pursue this kind of career).
I have in mind a "vocational" approach, gaining a placement in a hospital biomed workshop (or succession of workshops), moving towards an ONC level of electronics education. Moreover, and importantly, I would hope to enlist the help of the various greybeards and pipe-smokers out there (with some free time on their hands, perhaps) to engage in a bit of
mentoring and
hands-on instruction from time to time.
1) Does anybody else feel the need to get involved in this sort of thing?
2) Any idea how much such a scheme might cost, and what its duration could be?
3) Where are suitable training courses available these days? Is City & Guilds 224 (Electronic Servicing) still around? If not, should we set up our own (similar course)?
4) How would we select the student? Anybody already know of a keen youngster in need of this kind of help?
5) Should this be something that we could all (
ie, this forum) be involved in?
6) Any sponsors willing to support the idea?
All comments, criticisms, feedback and suggestions are most welcome, as always.
