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A professional who designs, implements, and tests systems and procedures to reduce volume and dispose of nuclear waste materials and contaminated objects. Responsibilities include:
* Identifies objects contaminated by exposure to radiation, such as trash, workers' clothing, and discarded tools and equipment.
* Analyzes samples of sludge and liquid effluents resulting from operation of nuclear reactors to determine level of radioactivity in substances and potential for retention of radioactivity, using radioactivity counters and chemical and electronic analyzers.
* Refers to state and federal regulations and technical manuals to determine disposal method recommended for prevention of leakage or absorption of radioactive waste.
* Compares costs of transporting waste to designated nuclear waste disposal sites and reducing volume of waste and storing waste on plant site.
* Confers with equipment manufacturers' representatives and plant technical and management personnel to discuss alternatives and to choose most suitable plan on basis of safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
* Designs and draws plans for systems to reduce volume of waste by solidification, compaction, or incineration.
* Oversees construction, testing, and implementation of waste disposal systems, and resolves operational problems.
* Develops plans for modification of operating procedures to reduce volume and radioactive level of effluents, and writes manuals to instruct workers in changes in work procedures.
* Advises management on selection of lands suitable for use as nuclear waste disposal sites and on establishment of effective safety, operating, and closure procedures.
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A professional who plans, designs, and directs civil engineering projects, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation systems, pipelines, and powerplants. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, tests, and aerial photographs on soil composition, terrain, hydrological characteristics, and other topographical and geologic data to plan and design project.
* Calculates cost and determines feasibility of project based on analysis of collected data, applying knowledge and techniques of engineering, and advanced mathematics.
* Prepares or directs preparation and modification of reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, environmental impact studies, and designs for project.
* Inspects construction site to monitor progress and ensure conformance to engineering plans, specifications, and construction and safety standards.
* May direct construction and maintenance activities at project site.
* May use computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to prepare engineering and design documents.
* May be designated according to specialty or product.
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A professional who designs, conceives, and interprets experiments in physics and formulates theories consistent with data obtained. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes results of experiments designed to detect and measure previously unobserved physical phenomena.
* Applies mathematical methods to solution of physical problems.
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A professional who tests emissions from smokestack to determine if electrostatic precipitator and flue recovery systems are operating within prescribed standards. Responsibilities include:
* Measures force of gas flow by observing manometer attached to Pitot tube placed at various points in stack.
* Obtains solids contained in gas by drawing metered quantity of flue exhaust through filter bag.
* Computes total amount of gases and solids lost, using specified formula.
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A professional who sells electronic products and systems and provides technical services to clients, performing duties as described under sales engineer master title.
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A professional who designs marine machinery and equipment performing duties as described under design engineer, products master title.
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A professional who identifies and verifies information shown on aerial photographs used in map making. Responsibilities include:
* Travels over photographed area to observe and record all cultural and drainage features shown and not shown on photograph.
* Verifies numbers, names, and classes of roads and highways, location and number of railroads, location of state and county lines, and location and identification of streams, rivers, lakes, schools, and major buildings.
* Marks observations on map overlay, using specified symbols.
* Determines elevation of hills, trees, and buildings, using geometry.
* Obtains boundary and other official information from county records.
* May use stereoscope to combine information from two aerial maps.
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A professional who studies and records time, motion, methods, and speed involved in performance of maintenance, production, clerical, and other worker operations to establish standard production rate and to improve efficiency. Responsibilities include:
* Prepares charts, graphs, and diagrams to illustrate workflow, routing, floor layouts, material handling, and machine utilization.
* Observes workers operating equipment or performing tasks to determine time involved and fatigue rate, using stop watch, motion-picture camera, electrical recorder, and similar equipment.
* Recommends revision of methods of operation or material handling, alterations in equipment layout, or other changes to increase production or improve standards.
* Aids in planning work assignments in accordance with worker performance, machine capacity, production schedules, and anticipated delays.
* May be designated according to type of studies analyzed as Methods-Study Analyst; Motion-Study Analyst; Pace Analyst; Time-Study Analyst.
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A professional who investigates and conducts experiments concerned with physical characteristics, properties, and processing of metals to develop new alloys, applications, and methods of commercially fabricating products from metals. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts microscopic, x ray, x-ray diffraction, and spectroscopic studies of metals and alloys, such as steel, cast iron, and nonferrous alloys, to determine their physical characteristics, such as crystal structure, dispersion of alloy particles through basic metal, and presence of impurities, fractures, and other defects in metal samples.
* Develops melting, hot-working, cold-working, and heat-treating processes to obtain desired characteristics, such as ductility, malleability, elongation ability, durability, and hardness.
* Tests alloys in tension, compression, impact, bending, or fatigue devices to study physical characteristics for manufacturing purposes or determine compliance with manufacturing specifications and standards.
* Consults with engineers and officials to develop methods of manufacturing alloys at minimum costs.
* May specialize in particular area of physical metallurgy, such as development of improved techniques and materials, for use in production of pressed metallic-powder products.
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A professional who makes surveys of harbors, rivers, and other bodies of water to determine shore lines, topography of bottom, or other items for such purposes as determining navigable channels, and securing data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.
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