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O*NET detailed work activityRecommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance
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Part of Advise others on business or operational matters, under the O*NET work activity group Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 27 AI-assist, 1 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Review new product plans, and make recommendations for material selection, based on design objectives such as strength, weight, heat resistance, electrical conductivity, and cost.
- Recommend resolution of identified deviations from established product or process standards.
- Review specifications and recommend engineering or manufacturing changes to achieve solar design objectives.
- Recommend methods for improving utilization of personnel, material, and utilities.
- Determine root causes of failures or recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods, using statistical procedures.
- Provide technical advice to industrial or managerial personnel regarding design, construction, program modifications, or structural repairs.
- Recommend corrective or preventive actions to assure or improve product quality or reliability.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- Recommend repair or design modifications of electronics components or systems, based on factors such as environment, service, cost, or system capabilities.
- Provide technical support to designers, marketing and sales departments, suppliers, engineers and other team members throughout the product development and implementation process.
- Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Recommend or implement changes to fuel cell system designs.
- Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems or needs.
- Analyze existing development or manufacturing procedures and suggest improvements.
- Recommend optical or optic equipment design or material changes to reduce costs or processing times.
- Analyze and recommend chemical, biological, or other wastewater treatment methods to prepare water for industrial or domestic use.
- Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations.
- Provide human factors technical expertise on topics, such as advanced user-interface technology development or the role of human users in automated or autonomous sub-systems in advanced vehicle systems.
- Recommend process formulas, instrumentation, or equipment specifications, based on results of bench or pilot experimentation.
- Recommend best fuel for specific sites or circumstances.
- Advise manufacturing staff regarding problems with fermentation, filtration, or other bioproduction processes.
- Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, and humidity in area of system installation.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Provide technical direction or supervision to junior engineers, engineering or computer-aided design (CAD) technicians, or other technical personnel.
- Investigate equipment failures or difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and recommend remedial actions.
- Provide consultation or training on topics such as mechatronics or automated control.
- Conduct failure analyses, document results, and recommend corrective actions.
- Represent architect or engineer on construction site, ensuring builder compliance with design specifications and advising on design corrections, under supervision.