Electromechanical Engineering Technologists
Assist electromechanical engineers in such activities as computer-based process control, instrumentation, or machine design. May prepare layouts of machinery or equipment, plan the flow of work, conduct statistical studies, or analyze production costs.
Also called: Designer, Engineering Tech, Process Control Tech, Senior Designer
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- mechanical
- physics
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- 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
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Abilites:
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps
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
- Cooperation
- Initiative
- Integrity
Technology:
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
Analytical or scientific software
- Automation Studio
- The MathWorks MATLAB
Graphics or photo imaging software
Education:
certificate after high school
