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O*NET detailed work activityDesign industrial processing systems
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Part of Design industrial systems or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 17 AI-assist, 1 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Design engineering systems for the automation of industrial tasks.
- Design pumping systems, pumping stations, pipelines, force mains, or sewers for the collection of wastewater.
- Incorporate new manufacturing methods or processes to improve existing operations.
- Design integrated mechanical or alternative systems, such as mechanical cooling systems with natural ventilation systems, to improve energy efficiency.
- Design water distribution systems for potable or non-potable water.
- Design and plan layout of equipment.
- Develop sustainable manufacturing technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, minimize raw material use, replace toxic materials with non-toxic materials, replace non-renewable materials with renewable materials, or reduce waste.
- Design automated robotic systems to increase production volume or precision in high-throughput operations, such as automated ribonucleic acid (RNA) analysis or sorting, moving, or stacking production materials.
- Develop manufacturing infrastructure to integrate or deploy new manufacturing processes.
- Design food processing plants and related mechanical systems.
- Devise microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) production methods, such as integrated circuit fabrication, lithographic electroform modeling, or micromachining.
- Develop sustainable manufacturing technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, minimize raw material use, replace toxic materials with non-toxic materials, replace non-renewable materials with renewable materials, or reduce waste.
- Develop or implement microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) processing tools, fixtures, gages, dies, molds, or trays.
- Design robotics applications for manufacturers of green products, such as wind turbines or solar panels, to increase production time, eliminate waste, or reduce costs.
- Develop photonics sensing or manufacturing technologies to improve the efficiency of manufacturing or related processes.
- Design processing plants and equipment.