- Industry: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who plans, directs, and coordinates activities of staff involved in developing procedures, equipment, and techniques to solve pollution problems, using scientific research methods. Responsibilities include:
* Schedules and assigns duties to staff research scientists and engineers based on evaluation of their knowledge of specific disciplines.
* Confers with project scientists and research engineers to formulate research plan, coordinate project activities, and establish reporting procedures.
* Prepares environmental research project feasibility and progress reports.
* Coordinates activities of research personnel conducting successive phases of problem analysis, solution proposals, and testing.
* Reviews technical aspects of project to assist staff and assess productivity of lines of research.
* Reviews project operations to ensure coordination of efforts and timely submission of reports.
* Analyzes reports to evaluate program effectiveness and budgetary needs.
* Approves expenditures necessary for completion of project.
* Coordinates planning, testing, and operating phases to complete project.
* Confers with local regulatory agencies to discover local environmental quality standards, industrial practices, and new developments in pollution abatement.
* May provide technical assistance to agencies conducting related environmental studies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts tests and field investigations to obtain data for use by environmental, engineering, and scientific personnel in determining sources and methods of controlling pollutants in air, water, and soil, utilizing knowledge of agriculture, chemistry, meteorology, and engineering principles and applied technologies. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts chemical and physical laboratory and field tests according to prescribed standards to determine characteristics or composition of solid, liquid, or gaseous materials and substances, using pH meter, chemicals, autoclaves, centrifuge, spectrophotometer, microscope, analytical instrumentation, and chemical laboratory equipment.
* Collects samples of gases from smokestacks, and collects other air samples and meteorological data to assist in evaluation of atmospheric pollutants.
* Collects water samples from streams and lakes, or raw, semiprocessed or processed water, industrial waste water, or water from other sources to assess pollution problem.
* Collects soil, silt, or mud to determine chemical composition and nature of pollutants.
* Prepares sample for testing, records data, and prepares summaries and charts for review.
* Sets monitoring equipment to provide flow of information.
* Installs, operates, and performs routine maintenance on gas and fluid flow systems, chemical reaction systems, mechanical equipment, and other test instrumentation.
* May operate fixed or mobile monitoring or data collection station.
* May conduct bacteriological or other tests related to research in environmental or pollution control activity.
* May collect and analyze engine exhaust emissions to determine type and amount of pollutants and be designated Engine Emission Technician.
* May specialize in one phase or type of environmental pollution or protection and be identified according to specialty.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts tests and field investigations to obtain data for use by environmental, engineering, and scientific personnel in determining sources and methods of controlling pollutants in air, water, and soil, utilizing knowledge of agriculture, chemistry, meteorology, and engineering principles and applied technologies. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts chemical and physical laboratory and field tests according to prescribed standards to determine characteristics or composition of solid, liquid, or gaseous materials and substances, using pH meter, chemicals, autoclaves, centrifuge, spectrophotometer, microscope, analytical instrumentation, and chemical laboratory equipment.
* Collects samples of gases from smokestacks, and collects other air samples and meteorological data to assist in evaluation of atmospheric pollutants.
* Collects water samples from streams and lakes, or raw, semiprocessed or processed water, industrial waste water, or water from other sources to assess pollution problem.
* Collects soil, silt, or mud to determine chemical composition and nature of pollutants.
* Prepares sample for testing, records data, and prepares summaries and charts for review.
* Sets monitoring equipment to provide flow of information.
* Installs, operates, and performs routine maintenance on gas and fluid flow systems, chemical reaction systems, mechanical equipment, and other test instrumentation.
* May operate fixed or mobile monitoring or data collection station.
* May conduct bacteriological or other tests related to research in environmental or pollution control activity.
* May collect and analyze engine exhaust emissions to determine type and amount of pollutants and be designated Engine Emission Technician.
* May specialize in one phase or type of environmental pollution or protection and be identified according to specialty.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who subjects petroleum fuels and lubricants to simulated operating conditions in full-scale test engines to obtain evaluating data. Responsibilities include:
* Runs tests with gasoline, diesel, aviation, and supercharged research test engines, dynamometers, and other mechanical testing equipment, varying such factors as speed, temperature, load, fuel, and bearing, motor, or chassis lubricants as specified.
* Records horsepower ratings and other performance data.
* Tests fuels in standardized knock-rating test engines to obtain data for determination of octane or cetene values.
* Adjusts and makes minor repairs to engines during test runs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who subjects petroleum fuels and lubricants to simulated operating conditions in full-scale test engines to obtain evaluating data. Responsibilities include:
* Runs tests with gasoline, diesel, aviation, and supercharged research test engines, dynamometers, and other mechanical testing equipment, varying such factors as speed, temperature, load, fuel, and bearing, motor, or chassis lubricants as specified.
* Records horsepower ratings and other performance data.
* Tests fuels in standardized knock-rating test engines to obtain data for determination of octane or cetene values.
* Adjusts and makes minor repairs to engines during test runs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who applies scientific principles to analysis, identification, and classification of mechanical devices, chemical and physical substances, materials, liquids, or other physical evidence related to criminology, law enforcement, or investigative work. Responsibilities include:
* Searches for, collects, photographs, and preserves evidence.
* Performs variety of analytical examinations, utilizing chemistry, physics, mechanics, and other sciences.
* Analyzes items, such as paint, glass, printed matter, paper, ink, fabric, dust, dirt, gases, or other substances, using spectroscope, microscope, infrared and ultraviolet light, microphotography, gas chromatograph, or other recording, measuring, or testing instruments.
* Identifies hair, skin, tissue, blood, bones, or human organs.
* Examines and classifies explosives, firearms, bullets, shells, and other weapons.
* Interprets laboratory findings relative to drugs, poisons, narcotics, alcohol, or other compounds ingested or injected into body.
* Reconstructs crime scene, preserving marks or impressions made by shoes, tires, or other objects by plaster or moulage casts.
* Prepares reports or presentations of findings, methods, and techniques used to support conclusions, and prepares results for court or other formal hearings.
* May testify as expert witness on evidence or crime laboratory techniques.
* Confers with experts in such specialties as ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, documents, electronics, metallurgy, biochemistry, medicine, or others.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates photo-optical instrumentation to record and photograph data for scientific and engineering projects. Responsibilities include:
* Operates and calibrates photo-optical equipment according to formalized procedures, maintenance manuals, and schematic diagrams.
* Operates test equipment and performs analysis of data for engineering and scientific personnel.
* May install and calibrate optical and photographic data collection equipment in missiles, aircraft, weaponry, weather or communication satellites, underwater devices, or other installations.
* May evaluate adequacy of data obtained to determine need for future changes in instrumentation.
* May modify existing equipment and participate in planning and testing modified equipment and instrumentation procedures.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs physical measuring and chemical analysis tests of packaged beer and materials in quality control laboratory of brewery bottle house. Responsibilities include:
* Selects test samples of crowns, cans, lids, bottles, labels, and cartons from packaging lines following established procedures as to time, place, and sequence.
* Measures dimensions of crowns, cans, bottles, lids, and labels with scales and micrometers.
* Conducts abrasion tests on cans, lids, bottles, crowns, and labels with abrasion machine.
* Measures hardness of crowns, lids, and cans, using hardness tester.
* Measures bursting strength of bottles, using hydraulic bursting machine.
* Tests wet and dry tearing strengths of labels and cartons.
* Weighs filled cans and bottles to measure volume of beer.
* Records test results and prepares graphs and charts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs physical measuring and chemical analysis tests of packaged beer and materials in quality control laboratory of brewery bottle house. Responsibilities include:
* Selects test samples of crowns, cans, lids, bottles, labels, and cartons from packaging lines following established procedures as to time, place, and sequence.
* Measures dimensions of crowns, cans, bottles, lids, and labels with scales and micrometers.
* Conducts abrasion tests on cans, lids, bottles, crowns, and labels with abrasion machine.
* Measures hardness of crowns, lids, and cans, using hardness tester.
* Measures bursting strength of bottles, using hydraulic bursting machine.
* Tests wet and dry tearing strengths of labels and cartons.
* Weighs filled cans and bottles to measure volume of beer.
* Records test results and prepares graphs and charts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs standardized qualitative and quantitative tests to determine physical or chemical properties of food or beverage products, or to ensure compliance with company or government quality standards. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts standardized tests of food, beverages, additives, and preservatives for flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, or other factors, using incubator, autoclave, ovens, balance scales, refractometer, or other equipment.
* Tests flavoring and spices for moisture, oil content, coloring, and pungency, using spectrophotometer, stereomicroscope, and ovens.
* Tests production samples of food for compliance with standards, using spectrometer, pH meter, distillation equipment, balance scales, and other equipment.
* Refers to tables or computes such factors as moisture, salt content, sediment, or solubility.
* Smells samples of food for odors or tastes for prescribed flavor.
* Observes sample smear, sediment disk, or agar sample through microscope to identify bacterial or extraneous matter.
* Compares test results with standards and records results.
* Cleans laboratory equipment.
* May mix ingredients to make reagents.
* May operate calculating machine to compute percentages of ingredients in finished product.
* May be identified according to quality or product tested.
Industry:Professional careers
