Hey guys!
Sorry I missed posting last week! I have been out in the field gaining a lot of experience lately. It has been great!
Anyways, last time we talked in depth about concepts that are really important to understand when learning about thermography. Today I am just going to talk a little about what happened on the last day of infrared training. The day started out like every other morning that week... got some breakfast and drank a LOT of coffee. The weather wasn’t the best, so I left a little earlier to make sure I didn’t get stuck on a bad road. Snow wasn’t exactly what I wanted to see, but… DENVER.
The morning started off by looking through different mechanical and building applications. I will probably write a full blog post about applications another time, just because I think they are very interesting and worth looking into more closely. Plus, knowing these different applications can help you determine what kind of infrared scans you need/could be doing.
We also went over what we had to do for our field assignment. This is something that is required of you to become certified as a Level 1 thermographer. It has to consist of a quality infrared image and it must have a full report attached to it. There is a checklist of things that must be submitted on the report, but I will let you find out more when you sign up to become certified! (PS-have I mentioned we offer this class? Our President is a level 3 thermographer and can instruct you to become a certified thermographer!) The field assignment sounds kind of daunting at first, but after the week of training it gets less scary. Before I could even get going on my field assignment though...
TEST TIME!
The time had come for us to take our test and show what we had really learned. Most of us were ready to take the test to get it over with because the information was fresh in our minds.The test was 40 multiple choice questions that contained anything and everything from the material we learned from the week. I felt like the questions got harder as the test went on, but I may have just been fading from lack of caffeine...too hard to tell.
I handed the test in and awaited my fate. My stomach was grumbling and lunch awaited us after we finished. Although I wanted to know my test score as soon as possible, I had to wait until after lunch to discover the results. Stay tuned for next week to hear how my test went and to see if I traveled back to Nebraska with a passing grade or not…
To be continued…
Christina
Sorry I missed posting last week! I have been out in the field gaining a lot of experience lately. It has been great!
Anyways, last time we talked in depth about concepts that are really important to understand when learning about thermography. Today I am just going to talk a little about what happened on the last day of infrared training. The day started out like every other morning that week... got some breakfast and drank a LOT of coffee. The weather wasn’t the best, so I left a little earlier to make sure I didn’t get stuck on a bad road. Snow wasn’t exactly what I wanted to see, but… DENVER.
The morning started off by looking through different mechanical and building applications. I will probably write a full blog post about applications another time, just because I think they are very interesting and worth looking into more closely. Plus, knowing these different applications can help you determine what kind of infrared scans you need/could be doing.
We also went over what we had to do for our field assignment. This is something that is required of you to become certified as a Level 1 thermographer. It has to consist of a quality infrared image and it must have a full report attached to it. There is a checklist of things that must be submitted on the report, but I will let you find out more when you sign up to become certified! (PS-have I mentioned we offer this class? Our President is a level 3 thermographer and can instruct you to become a certified thermographer!) The field assignment sounds kind of daunting at first, but after the week of training it gets less scary. Before I could even get going on my field assignment though...
TEST TIME!
The time had come for us to take our test and show what we had really learned. Most of us were ready to take the test to get it over with because the information was fresh in our minds.The test was 40 multiple choice questions that contained anything and everything from the material we learned from the week. I felt like the questions got harder as the test went on, but I may have just been fading from lack of caffeine...too hard to tell.
I handed the test in and awaited my fate. My stomach was grumbling and lunch awaited us after we finished. Although I wanted to know my test score as soon as possible, I had to wait until after lunch to discover the results. Stay tuned for next week to hear how my test went and to see if I traveled back to Nebraska with a passing grade or not…
To be continued…
Christina
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