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Job Description
Test or modify developmental or operational electrical machinery or electrical control equipment and circuitry in industrial or commercial plants or laboratories. Usually work under direction of engineers or technologists.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3023.03
Also Known As…
- Test Technician
- Test Specialist
- Results Technician
- Relay Tester
- Instrument and Controls Technician (I & C Technician)
- Generation Technician
- Engineering Technician
- Engineering Assistant
- Electrical Technician
- Electrical Engineering Technician
- Solar Lab Technician
- Research Electrician
- Programmable Logic Controller Technician (PLC Technician)
- Programmable Logic Controller Programmer (PLC Programmer)
- Lighting Specialist
- Lighting Adviser
- Light Technician
- Failure Analysis Technician
- Equipment Specialist
- Engineer
- Electronics Technician
- Electrification Adviser
- Electrical Equipment Technician
Tasks for “Electrical Engineering Technicians”
- Assess electrical components for consumer electronics applications, such as fuel cells for consumer electronic devices, power saving devices for computers or televisions, or energy efficient power chargers.
- Build or test electrical components of electric-drive vehicles or prototype vehicles.
- Assemble electrical systems or prototypes, using hand tools or measuring instruments.
- Prepare electrical project cost or work-time estimates.
- Write engineering specifications to clarify design details or functional criteria of experimental electronics units.
- Install or maintain electrical control systems or solid state equipment.
- Create or modify electrical components to be used in renewable energy generation.
- Plan method or sequence of operations for developing or testing experimental electronic or electrical equipment.
- Perform supervisory duties, such as recommending work assignments, approving leaves, or completing performance evaluations.
- Set up or operate test equipment to evaluate performance of developmental parts, assemblies, or systems under simulated operating conditions.
- Evaluate engineering proposals, shop drawings, or design comments for sound electrical engineering practice or conformance with established safety or design criteria.
- Review existing electrical engineering criteria to identify necessary revisions, deletions, or amendments to outdated material.
- Build, calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot, or repair electrical instruments or testing equipment.
- Collaborate with electrical engineers or other personnel to identify, define, or solve developmental problems.
- Plan, schedule, or monitor work of project support personnel.
- Participate in the development or testing of electrical aspects of new green technologies, such as lighting, optical data storage devices, or energy efficient televisions.
- Inspect electrical project work for quality control and assurance.
- Assemble or test solar photovoltaic products, such as inverters or energy management systems.
- Identify solutions to on-site technical design problems involving electrical systems equipment.
- Write procedures for the commissioning of electrical installations.
- Modify electrical prototypes, parts, assemblies, or systems to correct functional deviations.
- Interpret test information to resolve design-related problems.
- Prepare, review, or coordinate ongoing modifications to contract specifications or plans.
- Provide technical assistance in resolving electrical engineering problems encountered before, during, or after construction.
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