I want to be a Electronics Engineering Technician and the job I want is in Manufacturing Computers, And in the future as I gain years in experience I wish to obtain a Industrial Production Manager job.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/electrical-and-electronics-engineering-technicians.htm
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/industrial-production-managers.htm#tab-1
At first I was going to go to a community college called “san joaquin delta college” to get a degree in Electronics Engineering Technology
https://www.deltacollege.edu/div/astech/Programs/ELECTRONICS.html
but recently I heard that many employers do not hire people who went to community college and would much rather hire people who went to “Vocational–technical schools”. The problem is that the Vocational–technical schools are VERY expensive, the cheapest one I could find was “hamilton technical college” and the tuition there is about $12,000 a year. I don’t have a lot of money so I am worried I wont be able to afford going to a technical college, my question is is it really necessary to go to a Vocational-Technical school or would a Community College suffice?
Or is their another solution that I’m not aware of?
For job obtainability with a specified educational path, the best thing to do is to look at currently advertised job descriptions. I looked at a few today for “electronic engineering technician.” On the first two screens that came up on an Indeed.com search, I found 5 electronics technician jobs that didn’t require experience, at least not if the candidate has an “Associate’s degree” or “2 years of technical education” or is a “graduate of accredited technical school, college or military school.” I also looked at a few openings that required experience. One of these stipulated “technical school” or military school. This suggests there is very little preference for vocational-technical school over an associate’s degree from a community college…
At San Joaquin Delta College’s website I don’t see an associate’s degree in electronics engineering technology being offered, although I do see three other associate’s degrees with engineering in the title (https://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/ar/catalog/current/index.htm). However, electronics technology is offered in the (lesser) certificate program (which my little research indicates wouldn’t be good enough.)
In the job descriptions I saw MUCH discussion about specific skills. I suggest looking at the required skills listed in the descriptions of jobs that interest you. Then look at the degree programs of the schools applicable to your objective. For each, find out what courses are included in the program and look at the descriptions of the courses to see what skills you will learn. Obviously, you want a match of what skills you’ll get with what skills you want. (Don’t trust the system to develop you in the optimal way.)