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Nitec in Electronics Electronics (Wireless LAN)


As Singapore goes more “wireless”, the need keeps growing for skilled professionals to keep us online.

Apply for this course and you can be a professional in installing, testing, servicing and commissioning of the hardware and infrastructure for a wireless LAN.

Acquire knowledge and skills gained which are highly relevant to the industry

  • Check the condition and characteristics of basic electronic components.
  • Construct electronic projects to given specifications.     
  • Test, service and repair common electronic equipment and the control system of machinery.
  • Set up wired and wireless LAN .
  • Perform wireless LAN maintenance and monitoring.
  • Enforce the security of wireless LAN.
  • Perform simple troubleshooting of wireless LAN.
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Entry Requirements

To apply for the Nitec in Electronics (Wireless LAN) course, you need to have:

Subject
Grade
GCE ‘O’ level grades in any 2 subjects
1-8
or
 
GCE ‘N’ level passes in Mathematics or Science and 2 other subjects
A - D or 1 - 5


Note: Applicants applying for this course must ensure that they do not suffer from colour-appreciation deficiency.

Duration and Venue

This is a two-year course and is available at :

Progression Opportunities

Nitec in Electronics (Wireless LAN) graduates with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 and above may apply for progression to the first year of a related diploma course at the Polytechnics. For more details on diploma courses for progression, please refer to the Joint Polytechnic Admissions website.

Nitec in Electronics (Wireless LAN) graduates with a GPA of 2.3 and above may also apply for progression to related Higher Nitec courses offered by ITE.

 

Career Prospects

Nitec in Electronics (Wireless LAN) graduates are employed by companies that manufacture electronic, computer & networking equipment.

There are excellent opportunities for career advancement to supervisory positions and beyond. The challenge is for students to prepare themselves by upgrading their technical skills and knowledge through higher-level courses.

Course Structure

To obtain the Nitec in Electronics (Wireless LAN) certification, you need to accumulate at least 74 credits.

Core Modules
38
Specialisation Modules
18
Life Skills Modules
14
Elective Modules
4
Total
74

Core Modules (Click on title to view module description)

Credits

7

7

Analogue Electronics

7

Electronic CAD and Practice

5

6

6

Specialisation Modules Credits
7
7
4

Life Skills Modules

Credits

8

4
Sports and Wellness I

1

Sports and Wellness II

1

Electives

Course Specific

Credits

3

2

2

2

2

2
2
2
Cross Level Credits
2
2
2
Inter-Disciplinary Credits

Internet Security

2

Wireless LAN

2

Multimedia Web-based Content Creation

2

Business Etiquette and Grooming

3

Small Business Management

3

General

Credits

Communicative English (Level 1 to 8)

3

English Language 'O' I to IV

2 or 3

Mathematics (Level 1 and 10)

3

Mathematics 'O' I to IV

2 or 3

Overseas Experiential Programme
2 or 3

Note: The offer of electives is subject to the training schedule of respective ITE Colleges. Students are advised to check with their Class Advisors on the availability of the elective modules they intend to pursue.



For more information

For general queries on the course, please email training@ite.edu.sg.

Last updated on 18 Feb 2010