1. If you are young, you can try it. If you are old, it is best not to. Domestic companies work a lot of overtime in this industry. After graduating, you can spend about 10 years, but it will be difficult later. It is best to see whether to switch to this industry according to your grade.
2. If you want a higher salary to support your family, you can also choose plc. The salary in this industry is average, but if the engineer ranks up, the latter salary can be regarded as a medium level. In actual work, electricians, maintenance, and programming have to be done, and we must continue to learn and improve ourselves. Business trips are the norm.
3. Whether you want to change careers or not depends on your own comprehensive consideration.
Do PLCs have a future?
I personally think it has a bright future. Generally, as long as you graduate from a college, you can basically work in this industry, and there are quite a few people who will. In fact, they are all technical applications. PLC is only between software and hardware, and there is no advanced technology. This is one of the reasons why I switched to embedded. I feel that the technical content of PLC is really not high. For people like me who are inclined to pursue personal technical development, PLC can easily reach a limit. No matter how you play it, it is just PLC.
Aside from individuals, the PLC industry, or the automation industry, still has development prospects. A relatively good industry, the future development trend is to replace labor with automation equipment. The industrial development of a city is still inseparable from the popularization of industrial automation, so for this city, it is still very enjoyable to be an engineer who knows PLC.
Can I change careers without contact with PLC?
Look at people.
Let’s talk about age first. According to the subject’s 22-year-old graduation in 2018, it should be around 26 years old now. It’s okay to switch to PLC at this age. We all know that doing this job often requires staying up late and traveling on business. After the age of 30, the body begins to feel a little bit overwhelmed.
However, most of the people who are engaged in PLC are students majoring in mechanics and electricity in school, and few people from other majors do it. The knowledge is not too difficult, but it still takes some time to learn for those who have never been in contact with them. As for the assembly of electrical cabinets, if you go to a company with non-standard equipment and experience the work of an electrical technician for a period of time, you will basically master it in at most three months. In addition to these, the most important thing is PLC programming. It depends on whether you want to train or learn by yourself. You can read the article I wrote before. I recommend training, which can save time.
When it comes to the debugging of some production lines, first of all, let’s talk about some of the things that need to be mastered to do PLC. The most common ones are wiring, checking problems, and checking signals. This is the easiest, and it’s a beginner. After entering this industry, the first is It is necessary to do some installation and wiring of the production line on site, such as labeling, rolling strips, these have not been done before, and it will definitely be difficult to check the problems in the future. It is often necessary to connect some sensors, otherwise you will not know the sensors. How is it used, and some electric boxes, which must be familiar with.
In the next stage, you should be familiar with the PLC program. Familiarity with the PLC program will generally let you go to the production line to watch the production line. Although you don't understand it, you will be familiarized by an old master. What fault occurs in the production line, which sensor should be blocked, restart the program, and how to operate the control panel.
After getting familiar with it, it is time to do some programs by yourself. These are considered formal programming. You must know which commands are there, and which manufacturers have some characteristic marks. Generally, you need to follow the standards. After completing the design of the program, this stage will only program and adjust the program.
The next stage is the design drawings. At this stage, you need to be able to select components and buy which outsourcing parts to meet the requirements, right, these are very important, and then how to wire to meet the requirements of the production line, this is even a qualified electrical engineer Now, it is generally at least 5 years to start at this stage. I don’t know if I am right or not. Friends who are working in electrical engineering can point it out. 5 years should be considered acceptable.
It can be seen that, in electrical, there are wiring installation personnel at the primary stage, intermediate programmers are responsible for the debugging of the production line and program design, and the advanced ones are the hardware selection design circuit of the head. From the bottom up, it is all accumulated with experience, not a senior worker in one breath.
Key point: electrical, most of the time revolves around the production line. The production line is in the commissioning stage of the equipment factory. You may write programs in the office or wire on site. When the production line is sent to the manufacturer for debugging there, you may be in Cooperate with the manufacturer to install and debug the production line. After the production line starts running, you may still handle the abnormality and stoppage of the production line at the side of the manufacturer's production line. Therefore, this position is to revolve around the production line, which means that you need to always debug on the production line. Programs, business trips, (generally, a business trip will consist of three men, one for PLC, one for electrical junior, one for fitter, and the triangle.) You can only come back after the program is stable. After coming back, it's the next project.
So have you thought about doing PLC? Have you thought about spending more than 60% of your time on business trips? Have you thought about being a junior worker for 2 years, responsible for the wiring and installation of the production line. If you think about it, you will be scolded by Party A. (The safety signal is not done, which leads to a collision.) If you think about it, you can start learning PLC.
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