Public and private post secondary vocational schools, and technical institutes offer electronics training. Junior and community colleges and some high schools and correspondence schools also offer training. Programs take one to two years. The military also offers training and work experience. Training includes general courses in schematic reading, electricity, mathematics, physics, electronics, and troubleshooting.
Students also take specialty courses in computers.
A few repairers complete apprenticeship programs. These are sponsored by employers and the local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Applicants for entry-level jobs may have to pass tests. These tests measure mechanical skills, knowledge of electricity or electronics, manual dexterity, and intelligence. Newly hired repairers usually receive some training from their employers.