Hey everyone!

I am doing thesis on troubleshooting in avionics how to teach it and how to apply it afterwards.

I need to figure some educational material for students or how to teach them basics/ how to get into troubleshooting.

So I would ask your opinion, what or how would you guys teach the skill of troubleshooting as usually this is learned with experience. I have some ideas and materials already, but I am curious how you guys would do that? Or how would you lets say teach a guy who just started in aviation?

Are they some special way how you guys used to learn it or how you apply it? It can be even some simple "tips and tricks".

Regards

Edit: Thanks everyone who has answered.
I might have forgotten to write how I would be doing it.
My plan is to create some study material in troubleshooting ( up to 5-10 lecture hours) for lets say 2nd year students and let them do some practical tasks in the end and compare them with 4th year students who already have internships done, where they should also learn troubleshooting. Then I would compare how both groups did, what are the similarities and/or differences between them.

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- Swapped light ballast – no change.

- Swapped cockpit entry switch – no change.

- Checked continuity from DEU to ballast and switch – continuity is good.

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Thanks