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A professional who conducts research to develop and improve methods of sand molding, melting, alloying, and pouring of metals. Responsibilities include:
* Makes experimental sand molds, and tests sand for permeability, strength, and chemical composition.
* Calculates quantity of alloying metals required.
* Melts alloys and pours metals under controlled conditions to make castings.
* Performs physical and radiographic tests and evaluates data to develop improved alloys and foundry techniques.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who evaluates technical and economic factors, recommending engineering and manufacturing actions for attainment of design objectives of process or product by applying knowledge of material science and related technologies. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews plans for new product and factors, such as strength, weight, and cost to submit material selection recommendations ensuring attainment of design objectives.
* Plans and implements laboratory operations to develop material and fabrication procedures for new materials to fulfill product cost and performance standards.
* Confers with producers of materials, such as metals, ceramics, or polymers, during investigation and evaluation of materials suitable for specific product applications.
* Reviews product failure data and interprets laboratory tests and analyses to establish or rule out material and process causes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and coordinates activities concerned with investigating and resolving customer reports of technical problems with aircraft or aerospace vehicles and eliminating future operational or service difficulties. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews performance reports and documentation from customers and field representatives, and inspects malfunctioning or damaged product to determine nature and scope of problem.
* Analyzes review and inspection findings to determine source of problem, and recommends repair, replacement, or other corrective action.
* Coordinates problem resolution with engineering, customer service, and other personnel to expedite repairs.
* Maintains records of performance reports.
* Analyzes reports of technical problems to determine trends affecting future design, production, service, and maintenance processes, and recommends modifications to eliminate future problems.
* May prepare service handbooks and bulletins based on field investigations, engineering changes, and overall knowledge of product.
* May provide on-site technical assistance to oversee repairs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, directs, and coordinates preparation of project documentation, such as engineering drawings, production specifications and schedules, and contract modifications, to ensure customer contract requirements are met. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews contract to determine documentation required for each phase of project, applying knowledge of engineering and manufacturing processes.
* Schedules due dates for drawings, specifications, software, technical manuals, and other documents.
* Monitors status of project to ensure documentation is submitted according to schedule.
* Reviews and verifies project documents for completeness, format, and compliance with contract requirements.
* Submits project documentation to management for approval, and transmits approved documents to customer.
* Confers with engineers, managers, customers, and others to discuss project, prepare documents, or modify contract schedules.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares specifications for fabrication, assembly, and installation of apparatus and control instrumentation used to test experimental or prototype mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, hydromechanical, or structural products, and conducts tests and records results, utilizing engineering principles and test technology. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with engineering personnel to resolve fabrication problems relating to specifications and to review test plans, such as types and cycles of tests, conditions under which tests are to be conducted, and duration of tests.
* Fabricates precision parts for test apparatus, using metalworking machines such as lathes, milling machines, and welding equipment, or interprets specifications for workers fabricating parts.
* Examines parts for conformance with dimensional specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
* Coordinates and participates in installing unit or system to be tested in test fixtures, connecting valves, pumps, hydraulic, mechanical or electrical controls, cabling, tubing, power source, and indicating instruments.
* Activates controls to apply electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or mechanical power and subject test item to successive steps in test cycle.
* Monitors controls and instruments and records test data for engineer's use.
* May recommend changes in test methods or equipment for engineering review.
* Workers are classified according to engineering specialty or type of product tested.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who analyzes technical and cost factors to plan methods to recover maximum oil and gas in oil-field operations, utilizing knowledge of petroleum engineering and related technologies. Responsibilities include:
* Examines map of subsurface oil and gas reservoir locations to recommend placement of wells to maximize economical production from reservoir.
* Evaluates probable well production rate during natural or stimulated-flow production phases.
* Recommends supplementary processes to enhance recovery involving stimulation of flow by use of processes, such as pressurizing or heating in subsurface regions.
* Analyzes recommendations of reservoir engineering specialist for placement of well in oil field.
* Develops well drilling plan for management approval, specifying factors including drilling time, number of special operations, such as directional drilling, and testing, and material requirements and costs including well casing and drilling muds.
* Provides technical consultation during drilling operations to resolve problems such as bore directional change, unsatisfactory drilling rate or invasion of subsurface water in well bore.
* Advises substitution of drilling mud compounds or tool bits to improve drilling conditions.
* Inspects well to determine that final casing and tubing installations are completed.
* Plans oil and gas field recovery containers, piping, and treatment vessels to receive, remove contaminants, and separate oil and gas products flowing from well.
* Monitors production rate of gas or oil from established wells and plans rework process to correct well production, such as repacking of well bore and additional perforation of subsurface sands adjacent to well bottom.
* May apply knowledge of petroleum engineering to solve problems concerned with environment (environmental engineer).
* May be designated according to specialty as Development Engineer, Geothermal Operations; Drilling Engineer; Production Engineer; Reservoir Engineer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and lays out airports and landing fields and directs construction work involved in leveling fields, laying out and surfacing runways, and providing drainage. Responsibilities include:
* Designs runways based on weight and size of aircraft and prepares material and construction specifications.
* Directs or participates in surveying to lay out installations and establish reference points, grades, and elevations to guide construction.
* Estimates costs to provide basis for payments to contractor.
* Observes progress of construction to ensure work is in conformity with specifications and advises construction superintendent regarding necessary corrections.
* May serve as agent or employee of contractor and study plans and specifications to recommend special equipment or procedures to reduce time and cost of construction.
* May schedule delivery of materials, analyze costs, and provide technical advice in solution of construction problems.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sells aeronautical products and provides customers with technical engineering services as described under sales engineer master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who develops color formulas for printing textile and plastic materials and compares customer's sample with standard color card, or blends pigments into vinyl solution and compares results with sample to determine formula required to duplicate colors.
* Selects dyes according to properties desired by customer.
* Records color formula and issues formula and mixing procedure to color-paste mixing supervisor(textile) for assignment to appropriate workers.
* Prepares color sequence chart to guide cloth printer (any industry) in setting up printing machine.
* Compares printed patch with customer's sample to verify color shade and position of design.
* Files folder containing color patch and formula for each design for use as printing standard.
* Coordinates color shop activities with printing department production schedule.
* May inspect printed material to ensure adherence to customer and plant specifications.
* May mix colors.
* May inventory and requisition supplies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who drafts clear and accurate drawings of varied sorts of mechanical devices for use of patent lawyer in obtaining patent rights. Performs other duties as described under drafter master title.
Industry:Professional careers
