If your company is intending to hire an industrial electrician
for your
maintenance department and you're relying on the ability of the Human
Resource Manager to effectively narrow the hunt to the one electrician most
qualified, you'd better think again.
As an electrician with more than 25 years experience, I have gained
the respect of many (see About) for my
electrical troubleshooting abilities. And I can tell you first hand, that MOST
electricians seeking employment are not qualified to diagnose difficult
problems and MANY are not capable of resolving relatively simple
problems - that is, in a timely manner. Yes, they may be able to tell
when a circuit has single-phased or which fuse is blown, but when it
comes to relay logic, it's an entirely different ball game. And here's another
hard fact - very few people are adept to determine which electrician truly is
qualified. Considering these problematic facts, we've developed a
software application that will take all the guesswork out of determining
if an individual is genuinely electrically qualified to troubleshoot your machinery.
TroubleX is a program which enables your company to cut costs and
headaches by providing a true means to train and test electricians
for their relay logic troubleshooting abilities... as well as their ability
to read and comprehend electrical and hydraulic schematics... all via
computer simulation. In short, it
is perhaps the most comprehensive test one can administer for such purposes,
providing realistic graphics with interactive schematics and real life testing
devices. Capable of rendering up to 26 different fault
scenarios, this seemingly simple circuit can confound even the most
proficient electrical troubleshooter.
The software employs 5 major elements to deliver such tests - those
being a pushbutton station, a hydraulic shifter, a multimeter, and two
interactive schematics; one electrical and the other hydraulic. The
circuit works as follows: using the pushbutton control, the user forces
the gear shifter to go in, out and stop. When a fault is generated, the
user must use all the available tools (multimeter, voltage probes,
current probe and pressure transducer) on the interactive schematics to
accurately determine the faulty device which he or she then checks off a
list. Note: though the software application is capable of rendering up to 26
random faults, you can also choose which component you wish to invoke a
fault upon.
When a test is administered and upon completion, the administrator can generate and
print a report detailing all the faults, whether or not they were
diagnosed correctly and the amount of time it took to troubleshoot each
one. It also grades the Testee based on the percentage of correct
answers versus the number of problems given.
But it's much more than just a job skills test, indeed, it's also a
truly effective teaching tool. With this software, the end user can
learn how to use the various testing tools as well as enable him or her
to read schematics. It can also be used as a measure for merit raises
and career advancement.
- Description continued below. Click on images to see enlarged views of
various elements.
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