Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Perceptual Speed - The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Far Vision - The ability to see details at a distance.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Visual Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
• Design electromechanical equipment or systems.
• Program robotic equipment.
• Develop software or computer applications.
• Review technical documents to plan work.

• Maintain electromechanical equipment.
• Maintain electronic equipment.
• Document design or operational test results.
• Inspect finished products to locate flaws.
• Install instrumentation or electronic equipment or systems.
• Calibrate scientific or technical equipment.
• Assemble equipment or components.
• Fabricate devices or components.
• Operate industrial equipment.
• Create schematic drawings for electronics.
• Evaluate characteristics of equipment or systems.
• Select project materials.
• Determine operational methods.
• Train personnel on proper operational procedures.
• Develop technical methods or processes.
• Maintain operational records or records systems.
• Analyze design requirements for computer or electronics systems.
• Analyze costs and benefits of proposed designs or projects.
• Direct quality control activities.
• Fabricate products or components using machine tools.
• Determine design criteria or specifications.
• Develop operational methods or processes that use green materials or emphasize sustainability.
• Test green technologies or processes.

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