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Where can I find information on the latest troubleshooting techniques for circuit boards.?

I am a female technician, I had gone to school about 15 years ago. I would like to sharpen my skills on troubleshooting electronics. I work with small boards and would like to get back to basic troubleshooting. Fast nothing deep in theory. I know the ohms laws and how to use a dvm. These are the tools I use each day.

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1. So what do you want to know? Your worried that this is a field that is dominated by men, right? Your worried that any job you get in the field, that you are going to be scrutinzed ten times worse than any man, right? Your probably right. You need to be comfortable with working with men, and you need to be comfortable with sticking up for yourself. Your either a good technician or you arent. Now, I'm sure youv'e given it all you've got, so there is no reason to believe that you cant perform as the rest of us men, right? Where does your skill-set lie? Does your technical education date back 15 years? You may need to take a course on electronics engineering. I wouldnt even worry about getting a degree, at this point, you need to be worried about being up to date. You already said you have education....just update it. What kind of work are you looking for? You might be surprised to find out that you dont really need a lot of electronics experience at all. Everything is so modular anymore. If you have the education, even 15 years old, if proves that you are capable of learning. This is more than adequate if your able to explain yourself.
2. Your biggest needs are understanding signal generators, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, frequency/time period counters and other such pieces of lab equipment. Can you read a schematic, can you interpret what your instruments are telling you about circuit performance? If so, you have what you need. Can you solder, properly? Do you have experience in SMT circuits? All of these, and a lot more face you in your quest. If you are up to them, or know some of them, then you have a good start. As a woman, you have the patience, and other skills inherent to women that men do not have that will make you a good worker. If you are not up on some of the test equipment that I have mentioned, then a technical school would be a good place to get help for those skills.