The professional higher technical course in Naval Mechatronics (CTeSP-MTN) is the result of a reorganisation of the professional higher technical course in Naval Electronics and Automation, created in 2015. With the entry into force of a new legal regime for the professional activity of seafarers, it became necessary to revise the course's curricular structure to enable graduates to register at sea with the professional category of Electrotechnician.

The CTeSP-MTN aims to prepare specialist technicians with a level 5 qualification from the National Qualifications Framework who, autonomously or as part of a team, ensure the operation and maintenance of electrical, electronic, electromechanical, control and command systems used in both the industrial and maritime sectors. The training offered is based on the General and Scientific, Technical and Work Experience strands, providing students with knowledge and skills that can be used in a wide variety of professional areas, in Portugal or abroad, from the most traditional to the most innovative. The main field of professional activity is considered to be commercial shipping, fisheries and local traffic, harbour terminals, shipbuilding and ship repair yards, as well as the entire land-based industrial sector and services in related areas.

Graduates of the CTESP-MTN are also prepared to continue their studies in higher education, namely in the ENIDH Engineering degree courses, where they can obtain credits in the scientific areas of the respective courses.

The strong demand for skilled labour in this sector is a solid indicator of the high employability rate, which has been proven in previous years since the course was created.

Entry requirements
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Careers

• Electrotechnician on commercial, fishing and local traffic navy vessels;
• Crew members of vessels operating in the maritime-tourism sector;
• Maintenance and repair of electrical and electromechanical equipment on board floating offshore installations (offshore wind, oil and gas exploration and extraction platforms, aquaculture, among others);
• Industrial maintenance electrician in companies in the maritime, port and related sectors;
• Electrotechnicians in land-based industries and companies with a strong technological component in the areas of production, manufacturing, transformation, assembly, automation and robotics, among many others.
• All maritime, industrial and related activities that require professionals with the following skills:

1. Installing, configuring and maintaining electrical, electronic and naval and industrial automation systems;
2. Maintaining and repairing electrical and electronic equipment on floating maritime installations (offshore platforms, oil and gas exploration and extraction platforms - mobile offshore units);
3. Installing, configuring and maintaining electrical, electronic and naval and industrial automation systems;
4. Provide technical support for electrical, electronic and control installations for maritime and harbour systems, intervening in the event of anomalies or malfunctions;
5. Setting up, configuring and maintaining automatic systems;
6. Programming equipment according to technical specifications;
7. Testing monitoring, command and control programmes;
8. Use simulation, test and measurement instruments;
9. Developing technical relations with equipment suppliers, analysing the need to adapt technologies to the specific characteristics of the company/ship/terminal;
10. Analysing equipment needs and arranging for their acquisition;
11. Establishing maintenance programmes and plans for electronic and control equipment in maritime and port facilities.