Mechanical Engineering Technologists
On the Job
Mechanical Engineering Technologists assist mechanical engineers with various tasks. For example, they may work on projects related to the generation, transmission, or use of mechanical or fluid energy. They may prepare layouts of machinery or plan the flow of work.
Typical Work Tasks
People who work in this career often:
- Assist engineers or scientists with research.
- Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.
- Create graphical representations of industrial production systems.
- Create graphical representations of mechanical equipment.
- Design electromechanical equipment or systems.
- Design industrial equipment.
- Analyze costs and benefits of proposed designs or projects.
- Analyze green technology design requirements.
- Conduct quantitative failure analyses of operational data.
- Test characteristics of materials or structures.
Typical Working Conditions
- Having face-to-face discussions.
- Working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
- Working with a group or team.
- Wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hats, or life jackets.
- Freedom to make decisions without supervision.
- The freedom to determine tasks, priorities, and goals.
- Responsibility for outcomes and results.
- Exposure to sounds or noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable.
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