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Electrical Engineering Technologists
Occupation Source: ONET
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About This Occupation
Assist electrical engineers in such activities as process control, electrical power distribution, or instrumentation design. May prepare layouts of electrical transmission or distribution systems, supervise the flow of work, estimate project costs, or participate in research studies.
Associate of Applied Science Degrees in Industrial Electricity and Controls Technology and Electrical Control Technician – Intermediate Career Studies Certificates are available from Lord Fairfax Community College.
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Adaptability
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Teamwork
Workplace Skills
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Decision Making
Planning & Organizing
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Common Job Titles
You may find open job opportunities using one or more of these common job titles, relating to this occupation.
- Design Tech
- Distribution Engineering Technologist
- Electrical Design Technologist
- Electrical Engineering Technologist
- Electrical Tech/Project Manager
- Engineering Assistant
- Engineering Tech
- Engineering Technologist
- Generation Engineering Technologist
- Generation Technologist
- Layout Designer
- Prototyper
- Senior Analysis Specialist
- Senior Engineering Tech
- Senior Process Control Tech
- Technologist
- Technologist Electronic Design or Technical Director
- Technologist, Development
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- Agilent Advanced Design System ADS
- Altera MAX
- Anadigm Designer2 EDA
- Analog current meters
- Analog Devices VisualDSP++
- Ansoft HFSS
- ANSYS FLUENT
- Assembler
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Bentley Microstation
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- BSVC
- C
- C++
- Cadence OrCAD PSpice
- CST Microwave Studio
- Digital voltmeters DVM
- FlukeView Forms
- Function generators
- HP InfoTech CodeVisionAVR
- Inductance capacitance resistance LCR meters
- Laser printers
- Linux
- MAGIC
- Microchip MPLAB Integrated Development Environment
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Visual Basic.NET
- Microsoft Word
- Microwave frequency counters
- Motorola Digital Signal Processing DSP Assembler
- Multimeters
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- National Instruments Multisim
- Network analyzers
- OctTools
- Optical time domain reflectometers OTDR
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Oscilloscopes
- Personal computers
- Plotters
- pMatlab
- Power meters
- Power quality analyzers
- PowerWorld software
- Probe stations
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- PTC Mathcad
- PUFF
- Pulse generators
- Reflow ovens
- Rockwell RSLogix
- Signal generators
- Signal synthesizers
- Simulation software
- Soldering equipment
- Spectrum analyzers
- Standing wave ratio SWR meters
- Tanner Research L-Edit
- Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio CCStudio
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- The MathWorks Simulink
- Transmission line simulators
- UNIX
- Vector Software VectorCast
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
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Related Educational Goals
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(ONET) Occupation
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.
Associate of Applied Science Degrees in Industrial Electricity and Controls Technology and Electrical Control Technician – Intermediate Career Studies Certificates are available from Lord Fairfax Community College.
(ONET) Occupation
Assist electromechanical engineers in such activities as computer-based process control, instrumentation, or machine design. May prepare layouts of machinery or equipment, plan the flow of work, conduct statistical studies, or analyze production costs.
(ONET) Occupation
Lay out, build, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify developmental and production electronic components, parts, equipment, and systems, such as computer equipment, missile control instrumentation, electron tubes, test equipment, and machine tool numerical controls, applying principles and theories of electronics, electrical circuitry, engineering mathematics, electronic and electrical testing, and physics. Usually work under direction of engineering staff.
(ONET) Occupation
Assist electronics engineers in such activities as electronics systems and instrumentation design or digital signal processing.
(Urban Institute) Apprenticeship
Entry level Industrial Manufacturing Technicians operate industrial production related equipment, work with manufacturing related tools, and perform work processes related to a wide variety of manufacturing settings. Apprentices will safely learn to set up, operate, monitor, and control production equipment. They will also help improve manufacturing processes and schedules to meet customer requirements. Industrial Manufacturing Technicians provide a baseline foundation for other occupations, including in the job areas of mechatronics and machinists. Industrial Manufacturing Technicians engage in the production of a diverse set of products including, but not limited to, consumer goods, automobiles, medical devices, food products and commercial parts and supplies.
(ONET) Occupation
Set up, test, and adjust manufacturing machinery or equipment, using any combination of electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or computer technologies.
Manufacturing Technician programs are available from Lord Fairfax Community College.
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This workforce product was funded in part by a TAACCCT grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Pathways to the American Dream is an $7,500,000 project. $6,000,000 (75%) is provided through a Federal grant from the United States Department of Labor – Employment and Training Administration. $1,500,000 (25%) is provided through other sources, including leveraged state and local funds. This product does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The U.S. Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership. Unless otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.