O trabalho de técnicos/as em eletrotécnica: identidade e trajetória profissional

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the work of technicians in electrotechnics and the elements that allowed the construction of their identities and their professional trajectories, considering how the first contact with the profession was made until their professionalization from the training in the subsequent technical course in Electrotechnical. The relationship between training, professionalization in the technical course in electrotechnics at IFG, Campi Goiânia and the labor market in Goiania. The methodology comprises the use of various research techniques, quantitative and qualitative, on the same research object, which is the construction of identity and the professional trajectory of the electrical technician. The following were used in this sense: 1) literature review relevant to the object of study, sociology of professions, sociology of work, identity and professional trajectory, analyzing gender, race and class issues that circumscribe the world of work and operate in the professional trajectory of electrical technicians; 2) quantitative analysis of governmental databases on the socioeconomic profile of professionals in electrotechnics, through the Annual Social Information List (RAIS) of the labor and employment department of the Ministry of Economy (ME), the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (Continuous PNAD) from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE); 3) construction of the script for the interview, starting with the identification of the people who collaborated with the research; 4) creation of the interview script and a survey, to carry out the interviews. The "snowball" method of selection of respondents was used, which consists of indicating other people by the first respondent. I constructed an intentional sample to subsidize a qualitative analysis, based on semi-structured interviews, until reaching saturation. The world of work has undergone numerous transformations over the decades that have enabled the emergence of new professions and consequently new challenges for professionals. Commonly, electrical technician professions are associated with the profile of an autonomous and untrained professional who works through experience. In this sense, the research addresses the professional trajectory of the electrical technician, how this professional's professionalization occurs; It is a profession that requires at least technical training to work. Electrotechnical technicians must have at least the training in the technical course on the profession in question, the expertise, the specialized knowledge of the field of action and the authorization of the jurisdictions and institutions responsible for regulating the profession. As a highlight of jurisdiction related to this profession, we have Decree nº 90.922, of February 6, 1985, which dealt in the 4th article with the attributions of 2nd degree industrial technicians, exercise of the profession and inspection. Federal institutions play an important role in training young people for the job market through the subsequent technical course in electrical engineering. However, even after training and entering the job market, individuals intend to continue studying by enrolling in higher education courses for female engineers