- المجال: Government; Labor
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A professional who plans and prepares production schedules for manufacture of industrial or commercial products. Responsibilities include:
* Draws up master schedule to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders.
* Analyzes production specifications and plant capacity data and performs mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing processes, tools, and human resource requirements.
* Plans and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times.
* Plans sequence of fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations for guidance of production workers.
* Confers with department supervisors to determine status of assigned projects.
* Expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
* Prepares production reports.
* May prepare lists of required materials, tools, and equipment.
* May prepare purchase orders to obtain materials, tools, and equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs mechanical or electromechanical products or systems performing duties as described under design engineer, products master title.
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A professional who operates computer to lay out graphic display of parts to be machined in optimum arrangement (nest) and generate control media for numerical-control drilling, routing, and cutting machines. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews shop orders to determine job specifications and nesting requirements.
* Sorts shop orders into groups according to compatibility factors, such as quantity and shape of parts, and type, size, alloy, and gauge of material to be machined to produce nest that maximizes material utilization and minimizes machine setup and operation.
* Enters computer commands to retrieve stored parts data and graphic displays, such as simulated patterns or templates, and displays and manipulates part images on computer screen into optimum arrangement.
* Calculates and codes machine controlling criteria, such as table movement, type and size of cutting and drilling tools, spindle location, and machining start point, feed rate, and speed, utilizing knowledge of numerical-control machine operation.
* Enters commands to title and store nest layouts in computer memory and to build and maintain source files.
* Keys in commands to transfer nest data, listings, or layouts to other media, such as hardcopy, tape, or floppy disk, or to route nest data by direct link to direct-numerical-control machines.
* Loads and unloads disk packs, tapes, or floppy disks.
* May operate digitizing equipment to produce patterns.
* May discuss nesting or machining problems with machine operators or other personnel.
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A professional who obtains data pertaining to angles, elevations, points, and contours used for construction, map making, mining, or other purposes, using alidade, level, transit, plane table, Theodolite, electronic distance measuring equipment, and other surveying instruments.
* Compiles notes, sketches, and records of data obtained and work performed.
* Directs work of subordinate members of survey team.
* Performs other duties relating to surveying work as directed by chief of party.
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A professional who analyzes samples of air in industrial establishments or other work areas to determine amount of suspended foreign particles and effectiveness of control methods, using dust collectors. Responsibilities include:
* Starts dust collector apparatus that draws air through machine and precipitates dust on tubes, plates, electrodes, or in flasks.
* Weighs or otherwise determines amount of collected particles, such as lead, rock, or coal dust.
* Compares weight or count of particles with volume of air passed through machine, and computes percentage of concentration per cubic foot of air tested, using mathematical and chemical formulas.
* Prepares summary of findings for submission to appropriate department.
* May recommend remedial measures.
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A professional who conducts tests on chemicals, fuels, and processes, performing duties as described under test engineer master title.
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A professional who administers statewide highway planning, design, construction, and maintenance programs. Responsibilities include:
* Coordinates activities of state highway engineering agencies.
* Reviews highway and bridge plans, location, contracts, and cost estimates for technical and legal accuracy, and approves acceptable proposals or makes corrective recommendations.
* Directs workers in research activities related to highway planning and engineering, and formulates highway engineering policies and procedures.
* Directs preparation of state agency budgets.
* Directs workers in preparation of reports to state and federal government officials and represents state highway commissioner at hearings with public officials, contractors, and engineering personnel.
* Speaks before civic groups and public gatherings to disseminate highway planning information and to solicit public support.
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A professional who develops basic design concepts used in design, development, and production of aeronautical and aerospace products and systems, performing duties as described under design engineer, products master title.
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A professional who conducts research to develop improved mining and oil well equipment, performing duties as described under research engineer master title.
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A professional who designs equipment and devises chemical processes to remove and separate components of gas mixture or liquid solutions by absorption and adsorption, using knowledge of chemistry and engineering. Responsibilities include:
* Devises processes and directs workers, using equipment, such as crushers, grinders, kilns, screens, pumps, compressors, pipelines, valves, tanks, and separators.
* Directs workers controlling flow of liquid or gas through an adsorbent, such as fuller's earth, clays, carbons, charcoal, and bone char in granular form (percolation method); or mixing adsorbent with liquid or gas and removing adsorbent by filtration, settling, or combination of both (contact filtration method).
* Directs workers, using absorption method to remove soluble constituent of gas or vapor by dissolving it in a liquid, using packed columns or towers into which liquid is sprayed.
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