clemzo101:
I just can understand how an electrical engineering graduate will not know how to use a simple instrument like a voltage tester.

This new guy in my office shocked all of us on the field. We were trouble shooting for a fault in a distribution panel. During the course of this job a colleague of mine told the new guy to check for voltage on a particular cable using the tester with him, he supposedly tested and replied negative, my colleague was like "pls check again" he insisted there was nothing on the cable, my colleague so sure of what he has done at the other end i.e terminating the other end of the cable to a 220v supply came to verify for himself. He told him to check again in his presence only to discover that the guy in question did not place his thumb at the base of the tester to complete the circuit. The guy collected d tester from him and tested d cable himself and immediately the bulb on d tester came on. To our astonishment, dis guy was like pls show me, how did u do it? It just got me wondering the type of graduates our universities dish out to the society.

Braaad:


if your company ever needs better electrical engineering graduates, they sure know were to get them...on the streets.

MacMaster01:
don't be angry oh, but he is not an electrician, Nigerians should be able to understand and specify roles for their staff , before u tackle me kindly read about the difference between an Engineer, a Technologist and a Technician.

Go and tell a civil engineer that he doesn't know how to use shovel na or lay blocks *I come in peace*

AgreatMan:
To our astonishment, dis guy
was like pls show me, how did u do it?

at least the guy is willing to learn. give him time, put hin thru, it's never late.

debbie:
Bros i get your point...but basic practical knowledge as an electrical engineer is needed.tell me why an engineer cant identify resistors through color coding or differentiate between capacitors,transistors and thyristors sef , or why he cant use the digital meter.
But the fact is that our universities bring out half baked graduates,lecturers are not ready to teach,labs are not equipped and students are not even ready to sit down and study or carry out personal research work.
Too bad,those of them we call artisan workers on the streets are practically grounded than those of us that brag as engineers.

link2jude:


Please, electricity is the issue here ooh...

clemzo101:
I just can understand how an electrical engineering graduate will not know how to use a simple instrument like a voltage tester.

This new guy in my office shocked all of us on the field. We were trouble shooting for a fault in a distribution panel. During the course of this job a colleague of mine told the new guy to check for voltage on a particular cable using the tester with him, he supposedly tested and replied negative, my colleague was like "pls check again" he insisted there was nothing on the cable, my colleague so sure of what he has done at the other end i.e terminating the other end of the cable to a 220v supply came to verify for himself. He told him to check again in his presence only to discover that the guy in question did not place his thumb at the base of the tester to complete the circuit. The guy collected d tester from him and tested d cable himself and immediately the bulb on d tester came on. To our astonishment, dis guy was like pls show me, how did u do it? It just got me wondering the type of graduates our universities dish out to the society.

MacMaster01:
don't be angry oh, but he is not an electrician, Nigerians should be able to understand and specify roles for their staff , before u tackle me kindly read about the difference between an Engineer, a Technologist and a Technician.

Go and tell a civil engineer that he doesn't know how to use shovel na or lay blocks *I come in peace*

clemzo101:
I just can understand how an electrical engineering graduate will not know how to use a simple instrument like a voltage tester.

This new guy in my office shocked all of us on the field. We were trouble shooting for a fault in a distribution panel. During the course of this job a colleague of mine told the new guy to check for voltage on a particular cable using the tester with him, he supposedly tested and replied negative, my colleague was like "pls check again" he insisted there was nothing on the cable, my colleague so sure of what he has done at the other end i.e terminating the other end of the cable to a 220v supply came to verify for himself. He told him to check again in his presence only to discover that the guy in question did not place his thumb at the base of the tester to complete the circuit. The guy collected d tester from him and tested d cable himself and immediately the bulb on d tester came on. To our astonishment, dis guy was like pls show me, how did u do it? It just got me wondering the type of graduates our universities dish out to the society.

Neyozak:


I think ur sense of judgement on dis guy is too harsh. [b]Firstly u need to be questioned where u got ur experience? Am sure u never got dis experience as an undergraduate or fresh graduate. [/b]We-we know now, what will do during practicals in school days. It is either no consumables or d lab is congested with practical theory discussion ongoing.And all we do is get ur graph drawn, submit and u are done. Don't be surprised many graduate of engineering can not even fix ceiling fan perfectly or resolve simple wiring faults in der individual residents. D question is were d thought? We were just too busy with HISTORY OF ENGINEERING just like somebody said and not d koko in school. Almighty Laplace Transform, Fourier Series, Jacoby, Op -amps, circuit Theory, etc were d order of d days when we were in school. All applications learnt were just theories and no practical supports. How many engineering graduates can boldly affirmed dat he/she did final year project in school. All we do is, go to library or find out from outgone graduates to get ready made project topics. Get one or two and summit for approval. D good 4 nothing supervisors who suppose to go through d processes of d project work with a student only collect project pay from d student and mark paper reports. D stress on d part of student is re-writing of chapters in d paper report. PLS DONT BLAME D GUY. U CAN BE SURPRISED HE CAN EVEN BE BETTER THAN U WHEN PUT THROUGH OVER TIME. D PROBLEM IS FROM OUR INSTITUTIONS.

clemzo101:
I just can understand how an electrical engineering graduate will not know how to use a simple instrument like a voltage tester.
This new guy in my office shocked all of us on the field. We were trouble shooting for a fault in a distribution panel. During the course of this job a colleague of mine told the new guy to check for voltage on a particular cable using the tester with him, he supposedly tested and replied negative, my colleague was like "pls check again" he insisted there was nothing on the cable, my colleague so sure of what he has done at the other end i.e terminating the other end of the cable to a 220v supply came to verify for himself. He told him to check again in his presence only to discover that the guy in question did not place his thumb at the base of the tester to complete the circuit. The guy collected d tester from him and tested d cable himself and immediately the bulb on d tester came on. To our astonishment, dis guy was like pls show me, how did u do it? It just got me wondering the type of graduates our universities dish out to the society.

AgreatMan:
To our astonishment, dis guy
was like pls show me, how did u do it?

at least the guy is willing to learn. give him time, put hin thru, it's never late.

MacMaster01:
don't be angry oh, but he is not an electrician, Nigerians should be able to understand and specify roles for their staff , before u tackle me kindly read about the difference between an Engineer, a Technologist and a Technician.

Go and tell a civil engineer that he doesn't know how to use shovel na or lay blocks *I come in peace*

engrachile4ree:
piint of currection mr "too know" that tool does not test for voltage but current. you more ignorant than the poor graduate in question.
try research on who an artisan, technician, technologist, engineer and a consultant engineer/ their roles are.
that graduate does not knw who he realy is he shouldnt hv accepted to do the job of a technician in the first place.
and for the graduate, it is espected of him that he should know how to use simple electrical tool like current tester but if he does not knw it its not the fault if Nigerian university.

ukeme200:
Don't blame the young man. Our university/polytechnic do not have platform for students to be practically grounded. After my ND(E/E), I had to join a training programe for 2yrs to be well grounded in this noble field, before going bk to skul to become a graduate Technologist. Today I am better of.

jpphilips:



So an undergraduate shouldn't get knowledge outside the confine of the classroom? How do you guys reason?
the other bingo said, differentiate between an Engineer and a technician, can you Imagine?
As an electrical graduate, do you know the kinda complex designs that await you out there and we are talking of ordinary tester? when Scientists can use multimeter testers?
Reminds me of someone who was a computer scientist but cannot use Excel spreadsheet, by the time she opened the second programme running on the system and saw "SAP".
She apologised to her new employers for wasting their time. As a student, you have time but you spend it typing nonsense on nairaland romance section, when you graduate, you blame your school for not teaching you Excel, funny enough, she must have owned a laptop for years as a student using it to watch p0rn!

goldfish80:
I can't think of am excuse why an electrical electronics engineer cannot handle a common tester. As an EE student, a student is supposed to design complex circuits first with software simulators then with V/board. If after 5years of training, a student cannot handle a simple tester, then it's safe to class such a person is unemployable because it's only a matter of time before he kills himself or his colleague.

MacMaster01:
don't be angry oh, but he is not an electrician, Nigerians should be able to understand and specify roles for their staff , before u tackle me kindly read about the difference between an Engineer, a Technologist and a Technician.

Go and tell a civil engineer that he doesn't know how to use shovel na or lay blocks *I come in peace*

clemzo101:
Despite the fact that our universities haven't actually being fair to us must we now sit down doing nothing about our predicament? I still know engineers who are graduates from d so called universities and are doing very well for demselves. I have 3 mentors and none of dem ever traveled out to study but today dey are great engineers I look up to. I think part of the blame shld go to our students too. What stops an Electrical/ Electronic student from following an electrician or technical in his free periods at home. I still say it's a thing of interest. If u are not interested in studying a particular course pls just stay away from it. Just like a poster has said u will end up killing someone or even killing urself, electrical engineering is too sensitive not to know what u are doing. As for those dat think an engineer's job is only to sit and be ordering technicians about, I will say it without mincing words that u are very wrong, in as much as u are suppose to be d head of that group, it's ur duty to know what dey are doing b4 u even think of supervising or controlling dem, and if the technicians know u are not grounded they will put u to test and wen u fail den u will loose ur respect. Moreover when there is a problem dat d technicians cannot solve dey run to u for assistance and expect u to atleast do something since u are in anoda level will u not follow dem to d place? Will u remain in d office? I ve worked under great engineers and all of dem are practically grounded. Pls don't be deceived dat u don't need practical u need it.

debbie:
Bros i get your point...but basic practical knowledge as an electrical engineer is needed.tell me why an engineer cant identify resistors through color coding or differentiate between capacitors,transistors and thyristors sef , or why he cant use the digital meter.
But the fact is that our universities bring out half baked graduates,lecturers are not ready to teach,labs are not equipped and students are not even ready to sit down and study or carry out personal research work.
Too bad,those of them we call artisan workers on the streets are practically grounded than those of us that brag as engine ers.

ngskylark:


WISE TALK! And that's what i did back in school and made my first million naira @ 27yrs old via private electrical practice