Industrial Engineering Technologists
Assist industrial engineers in such activities as quality control, inventory control, or material flow methods. May conduct statistical studies or analyze production costs.
Also called: Associate Product Integrity Engineer, Materials Planner/Production Planner, Planner/Scheduler, Senior Quality Methods Specialist
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- design
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
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:
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
- use rules to solve problems
- notice when problems happen
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Initiative
- Innovation
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Cooperation
- Analytical Thinking
Technology:
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Bentley Microstation
Analytical or scientific software
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- Minitab
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
