The Particle Accelerator Engineering Community has several technician members who make up a key part of our community. The construction of cutting-edge accelerators requires a lot of highly skilled staff with specific knowledge that isn’t found in any technician course at University or College. An early goal of the network was to provide a training programme for these staff that explained why some of the requirements placed on technical builds were important. This includes some basic accelerator physics, RF engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Some of the items covered are alignment, stability, surface roughness, cleanliness and electrical arcs and their impact on accelerator operations.

The technician training course is aimed at technicians at any stage of career or university graduates. It is suitable for staff in industry, national laboratories or university. It includes 4 sections each made up of three 20 min lectures delivered by leading engineers from Lancaster University and STFC.

Head over to our IET.tv channel and have a look at our training videos.