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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
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Electrical Engineering Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Electrical Engineering Technicians
- 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
- Equipment Specialist
- Engineer
- Electronics Technician
- Electrification Adviser
- Electrical Equipment Technician
Tasks for “Failure Analysis Technician”
- Plan, schedule, or monitor work of project support personnel.
- Perform supervisory duties, such as recommending work assignments, approving leaves, or completing performance evaluations.
- Interpret test information to resolve design-related problems.
- 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.
- Evaluate engineering proposals, shop drawings, or design comments for sound electrical engineering practice or conformance with established safety or design criteria.
- Assemble electrical systems or prototypes, using hand tools or measuring instruments.
- Write procedures for the commissioning of electrical installations.
- Review existing electrical engineering criteria to identify necessary revisions, deletions, or amendments to outdated material.
- Participate in the development or testing of electrical aspects of new green technologies, such as lighting, optical data storage devices, or energy efficient televisions.
- Build, calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot, or repair electrical instruments or testing equipment.
- Install or maintain electrical control systems or solid state equipment.
- Modify electrical prototypes, parts, assemblies, or systems to correct functional deviations.
- Create or modify electrical components to be used in renewable energy generation.
- Prepare, review, or coordinate ongoing modifications to contract specifications or plans.
- Plan method or sequence of operations for developing or testing experimental electronic or electrical equipment.
- Set up or operate test equipment to evaluate performance of developmental parts, assemblies, or systems under simulated operating conditions.
- Provide technical assistance in resolving electrical engineering problems encountered before, during, or after construction.
- Assemble or test solar photovoltaic products, such as inverters or energy management systems.
- Inspect electrical project work for quality control and assurance.
- Collaborate with electrical engineers or other personnel to identify, define, or solve developmental problems.
- Identify solutions to on-site technical design problems involving electrical systems equipment.
- Build or test electrical components of electric-drive vehicles or prototype vehicles.
- Write engineering specifications to clarify design details or functional criteria of experimental electronics units.
- Prepare electrical project cost or work-time estimates.
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- Screwdrivers
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- Digital plotters
- Personal computers
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- Metal-oxide varistors MOV
- Dual power supplies
- Direct current DC potentiometers
- Power drills
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- Ammeters
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
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- Phase shifters
- Voltage testers
- Potentiometers
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- Microprocessors
- Magnetic pickup tools
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Autodesk Revit
- Emulators
- Bentley Microstation
- Microsoft Project
- Programmable logic controller PLC software
- Verilog
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Graphics software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- SAP
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- C
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- OrCAD Capture
- Bentley Systems ProjectWise
- Microsoft Word
- Mentor Graphics ModelSim
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- National Instruments Multisim
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
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- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Assembler
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- Wonderware InTouch HMI
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- C++