- Industrie: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who plans utilization of space and facilities for government agency or unit or business establishment consistent with requirements of organizational efficiency and available facilities and funds. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects buildings and office areas to evaluate suitability for occupancy, considering such factors as air circulation, lighting, location, and size.
* Measures or directs workers engaged in measurement of facilities to determine total square footage available for occupancy.
* Computes square footage available for each member of staff to determine whether minimum space restrictions can be met.
* Draws design layout, showing location of furniture, equipment, doorways, electrical and telephone outlets, and other facilities.
* May review real estate contracts for compliance with government specifications and suitability for occupancy of employing agency.
* May direct workers engaged in moving furniture and equipment and preparing facilities for occupancy.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, implements, and coordinates program to reduce or eliminate occupational injuries, illnesses, deaths, and financial losses. Responsibilities include:
* Identifies and appraises conditions which could produce accidents and financial losses and evaluates potential extent of injuries resulting from accidents.
* Conducts or directs research studies to identify hazards and evaluate loss producing potential of given system, operation or process.
* Develops accident-prevention and loss-control systems and programs for incorporation into operational policies of organization.
* Coordinates safety activities of unit managers to ensure implementation of safety activities throughout organization.
* Compiles, analyzes, and interprets statistical data related to exposure factors concerning occupational illnesses and accidents and prepares reports for information of personnel concerned.
* Maintains liaison with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams to assure information exchange and mutual assistance.
* Devises methods to evaluate safety program and conducts or directs evaluations.
* Evaluates technical and scientific publications concerned with safety management and participates in activities of related professional organizations to update knowledge of safety program developments.
* May store and retrieve statistical data, using computer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts research in field of aeronautics, performing duties as described under research engineer master title.
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A professional who plans, coordinates, and directs activities of workers concerned with conducting aerial surveys and preparing topographic materials from aerial photographs and other data. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes survey objectives and specifications, utilizing knowledge of survey uses, such as municipal and ecological planning, property and utility mapping, and petroleum and mineral exploration.
* Selects most appropriate and economical survey methods, using knowledge of capabilities of aerial photography and applications of remote sensing (imagery through electronic scanning).
* Estimates cost of survey.
* Advises customers and department supervisors regarding flights for aerial photography and plans for ground surveys designed to establish base lines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
* Prepares charts and tables for aerial navigation, to specify flight path, altitude, and airspeed of camera-carrying aircraft.
* Computes geodetic measurements and interprets survey data from ground or aerial photographs or remote-sensing images to determine position, shape, and elevation of geomorphic and topographic features.
* Conducts research in surveying and mapping methods and procedures, using knowledge of techniques of photogrammetric map compilation, electronic data processing, and flight and control planning.
* May direct one or more phases of technical operations concerned with preparing survey proposals, negotiating with clients, scheduling activities, conducting surveys, processing data, reviewing work quality, and training and assigning personnel.
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A professional who plans and directs mud-sample testing operations. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with oil-field drilling superintendent and interprets drilling logs to determine status of wells being drilled.
* Plans and coordinates itinerary for well-logging captain, mud analysis; well-logging operator, mud analysis and other members of mobile field-laboratory crews to obtain maximum utilization of personnel with minimum disruption of drilling operations.
* Interprets mud analysis logs obtained by crews, for petroleum engineer.
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A professional who conducts research on marine machinery and equipment, performing duties as described under research engineer master title.
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A professional who plans and coordinates engineering activities to develop and apply standardized design criteria and production requirements for parts and equipment used in aircraft and aerospace vehicles. Responsibilities include:
* Establishes and maintains liaison between engineering and other departments to formulate and apply design criteria and production requirements for proposed products.
* Analyzes product design data to determine conformance to established design selection criteria, use of standardized parts and equipment, and design-to-cost ratio.
* Approves initial design or recommends modifications based on producibility, cost, and component technology factors.
* Coordinates testing of new parts and equipment, evaluates test results, and approves or rejects usage of parts and equipment based on test results.
* Evaluates and approves selection of vendors.
* Initiates and provides technical direction for research and development programs to enhance production methods, improve parts and equipment technology, and reduce costs.
* Develops methods and programs to predict, track, and report production costs during design development.
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A professional who draws up specifications and instructions for installation of voltage transformers, overhead or underground cables, and related electrical equipment used to conduct electrical energy from transmission lines or high-voltage distribution lines to consumers. Responsibilities include:
* Studies work order request to determine type of service, such as lighting or power, demanded by installation.
* Visits site of proposed installation and draws rough sketch of location.
* Takes measurements, such as street dimensions, distances to be spanned by wire and cable, or space available in existing buildings and underground vaults which affect installation and arrangement of equipment.
* Estimates materials, equipment, and incidentals needed for installation.
* Draws master sketch showing relation of proposed installation to existing facilities.
* Makes other drawings, such as pertaining to wiring connections or cross sections of underground cables, as required for instructions to installation crew.
* Consults power-distribution engineer (utilities) on difficulties encountered.
* May draft sketches to scale (electrical drafter).
* May estimate labor and material costs, using pricelists and records on previous projects.
* May inspect completed installation of electrical equipment and related building circuitry to verify conformance with specifications.
* May perform duties of land surveyor and prepare specifications and diagrams for installation of gas distribution pipes owned by gas-electric utility.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines and tests metal samples to determine their physical properties, under direction of metallographer. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts routine microscopic examinations of metals and alloys to determine their crystal structure, porosity, homogeneity, and other characteristics.
* Polishes or etches metal specimens and photographs samples, using photomicroscope, or directs photography technical personnel to take, develop, and mount photomicrographs.
* Examines metal and alloy samples with x-ray, gamma-ray, and magnetic-flux equipment to detect internal fractures, impurities, and similar defects in metals.
* Tests samples in pressure devices, hot-acid baths, and other apparatus to determine strength, hardness, elasticity, toughness, or other properties of metal.
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A professional who prepares, classifies, and sorts rock and fossil specimens. Responsibilities include:
* Records receipt of fossil and rock samples from outcroppings, quarries, oil or gas wells, boreholes, or other sources.
* Cleans, washes, and prepares samples, using probes, brushes, or cleaning solutions to remove extraneous matter.
* Separates rock and fossil specimens and classifies them into general categories of fossilization.
* Compiles background data of rock or fossil.
* Sacks and labels specimens.
* Mounts specimen for study or experimentation.
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