Low to No Risk

12

Moderate Risk

2

High Risk

4

Extreme Risk

0

• 1.5Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
• 2.4Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
• 2.1Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
• 1Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
• 2.5Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
• 2.5Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
• 1.2Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
• 1Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
• 2.1Analyze performance of vehicles or components that have been redesigned to increase fuel efficiency, such as camless or dual-clutch engines or alternative types of air-conditioning systems.
• 2Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
• 1.5Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
• 2Test performance of vehicles that use alternative fuels, such as alcohol blends, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, biodiesel, nano diesel, or alternative power methods, such as solar energy or hydrogen fuel cells.

27.8% of Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians tasks can be automated with AI or robotics