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O*NET detailed work activityConfer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans
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Part of Communicate with others about specifications or project details, under the O*NET work activity group Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (1 AI-ready, 26 AI-assist, 0 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Consult with engineers to discuss or interpret design concepts, or determine requirements of detailed working drawings.
- Confer with contractors, utility companies, or government agencies to discuss plans, specifications, or work schedules.
- Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results.
- Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information.
- Advocate for end users in collaboration with other professionals, including engineers, designers, managers, or customers.
- Confer with engineering staff and consult specifications to evaluate interface between hardware and software and operational and performance requirements of overall system.
- Coordinate with and consult other workers to design, lay out, or detail components and systems and to resolve design or other problems.
- Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
- Collaborate with architects or related professionals on whole building design to maximize the aesthetic features of structures or surrounding land and to improve energy efficiency.
- Confer with engineers, customers, vendors, or others to discuss existing or potential electronics engineering projects or products.
- Confer with clients, vendors, staff, and management personnel regarding purchases, product and production specifications, manufacturing capabilities, or project status.
- Collaborate with estimators to cost projects, create project plans, or coordinate bids from landscaping contractors.
- Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.
- Communicate with management and user personnel to develop production and design standards.
- Confer with engineers, customers, or others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects or products.
- Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.
- Consult with other scientists to determine parameters of experimentation or suitability of analytical models.
- Communicate operating characteristics or performance experience to other engineers or designers for training or new product development purposes.
- Consult with chemists or biologists to develop or evaluate novel technologies.
- Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
- Confer with research and biomanufacturing personnel to ensure the compatibility of design and production.
- Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns.
- Collaborate with manufacturing or quality assurance staff to prepare product specification or safety sheets, standard operating procedures, user manuals, or qualification and validation reports.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Plan or implement fuel cell cost reduction or product improvement projects in collaboration with other engineers, suppliers, support personnel, or customers.
- Plan and evaluate new projects, consulting with other engineers and corporate executives, as necessary.
- Review blueprints to determine customer requirements and consult with assembler regarding schematics, wiring procedures, or conductor paths.
- Confer with research personnel to clarify or resolve problems and to develop or modify designs.