materials engineer
ISCO: 2149. Skills: 47. Essential: 27.
Essential skills
- adjust engineering designs
- advanced materials
- analyse production processes for improvement
- analytical chemistry
- apply health and safety standards
- approve engineering design
- assess environmental impact
- chemistry
- composite materials
- create solutions to problems
- develop advanced materials
- develop material testing procedures
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- forecast organisational risks
- integrate new products in manufacturing
- integrated design
- manufacturing processes
- material mechanics
- materials engineering
- perform chemical experiments
- perform scientific research
- sustainable building materials
- test chemical samples
- test materials
- thermoplastic materials
- work with chemicals
Supporting skills
- advise on pollution prevention
- advise on waste management procedures
- assess the feasibility of implementing developments
- basic chemicals
- define quality standards
- design prototypes
- develop chemical products
- electricity
- envelope systems for buildings
- green chemistry
- laboratory techniques
- mechanics
- perform laboratory tests
- pollution legislation
- properties of textile materials
- quality standards
- rubber technology
- semiconductors
- types of metal
- types of plastic