Electrical Engineering Technologists
Assist electrical engineers in such activities as process control, electrical power distribution, or instrumentation design. May prepare layouts of electrical transmission or distribution systems, supervise the flow of work, estimate project costs, or participate in research studies.
Also called: Design Tech, Engineering Tech, Engineering Technologist, Technologist
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- computers and electronics
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- physics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Skills:
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- reading work related information
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
Abilites:
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by writing
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Initiative
- Integrity
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
- PTC Mathcad
- The MathWorks MATLAB
Development environment software
- C
- National Instruments LabVIEW
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Bentley Microstation
