A supplement for any course in the electronics technology curriculum, or an appropriate text in a survey course where electronics technology majors are being "recruited". This comprehensive and finely-focused guide explains to beginning electronics students what it means to be and to become an electronics technician in today's world. It describes the role of an electronics technician, explains how to prepare to become an electronics technician (with a complete discussion of the study skills necessary to succeed as an electronics student), and tells how to secure a first electronics technician job.