Help me become a transmission line engineer

djesr on 26/02/2020 - 14:09

I did mechanical engineering at uni, found it hard finding a job in mechanical engineering, friend got me a job at his workplace as a transmission line inspector, after 1.5 yrs of field work, got promoted to the office and was put on HV transmission line design projects. like low clearance mitigation and new transmission line design (basically using PLS-CADD). I absolutely love this stream of engineering and can see myself working here till my retirement (lol says a lot considering im in my late 20s).

I need help on how I can learn and develop my skills in this stream, work has been super helpful in teaching with mentoring engineers, however they can be limited to project based, and as a consulting company we don’t have budget to for training
I have searched for post-grad courses however did not find any in AUS.

Can someone please point me to where I can learn through courses, books, etc

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  • frondono on 26/02/2020 - 14:22
    +1

    talk to the engineers?

    • djesr on 26/02/2020 - 14:44

      I have, but I wanted to get ozbargain input into this

      • EightImmortals on 26/02/2020 - 17:31

        Talk to an ozbargain engineer.

      • Hithere on 29/02/2020 - 13:44

        How about some input from our input then OP?

  • Hithere on 26/02/2020 - 14:55

    Have you contacted The Australian Engineering Accreditation Centre?

    They may be able to point you in the right direction.

    https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/About-Us/Accreditation

    • Crosscade on 26/02/2020 - 17:33

      I would consider contacting Engineers Australia or a similar industry body for Electrical Engineers (https://www.eesa.org.au/ ?) and they could probably direct you on CPD and other courses to develop your skills.

  • redfox1200 on 26/02/2020 - 15:58

    these are the courses i got put through when i worked for a transmission supply authority, they have topics on transmission line design

    https://www.qut.edu.au/study/professional-and-executive-educ…

  • cvas on 26/02/2020 - 15:58

    Couldn't you get an electrical engineering degree with a major in HV Power?

    • Ragnarok1983 on 29/02/2020 - 15:53

      Fairly niche area to be honest. Most of the senior HV design and protection engineers are all from overseas, i.e. India, China where there's Universities dedicated to electrical engineering.

      Electrical engineering degree from places like Unimelb is not worth the paper its printed on.

      p.s. went to Unimelb and did EE there, complete waste of time.

  • iforgotmysocks on 26/02/2020 - 19:16

    Look into starting part time a Master of Engineering in Electrical. These courses are usually geared towards engineers changing disciplines. Some are commonwealth supported places like this one which will greatly reduce the cost. https://study.unisa.edu.au/degrees/master-of-engineering-ele…

    Go to a few post-grad sessions for your local unis, discuss with them the course and your goals.

  • Ragnarok1983 on 29/02/2020 - 15:53

    I work in High Voltage electrical and can give you some tips on the potential jobs and pathways, feel free to msg me.

  • kokita on 20/04/2021 - 09:29

    You can be an expert just by knowing your customer Transmission Line standard design manual. Secondly, find a group in Facebook or LinkedIn with PLSCADD expertise.
    Let me know if this helps.

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