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Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians

in Washington State

Operate, install, calibrate, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.

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Wages

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Area	Year	Period	Percentiles					Hourly Average
Area	Year	Period	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Washington State	2010	Mar	$18.72	$22.78	$28.68	$35.31	$41.05	$29.27

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Short Term Employment Projections

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Area	Employment Projections		Change	Growth Rate %	Annual Avg Openings
	2009 2nd Qtr	2011 2nd Qtr
Washington State	483	470	-13	-1.4	2

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Employment Projections

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Area	Employment Projections		Change	% Change	Annual Avg Openings
	2008	2018
Washington State	488	436	-52	-10.7	4

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Educational Requirements

This occupation is in Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed .
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

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Top 10 Skills

Importance
(0-100)high

Competence Level

Equipment Selection

Reading Comprehension

Critical Thinking

Troubleshooting

Active Listening

Technology Design

Operations Analysis

Complex Problem Solving

Writing

Time Management

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Top 10 Tasks

Importance
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Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions.

Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms.

Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results.

Adjust, repair or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment.

Identify required data, data acquisition plans and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications.

Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications.

Operate and calibrate computer systems and devices to comply with test requirements and to perform data acquisition and analysis.

Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.

Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments.

Finish vehicle instrumentation and deinstrumentation.

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Top 10 Work Activities

Importance
(0-100)high

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Analyzing Data or Information

Getting Information

Documenting/Recording Information

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

Interacting With Computers

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment

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Top 2 Work Values

Extent
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Achievement

Working Conditions

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Top 2 Interests

Occupational Interest
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Investigative

Realistic

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Alternate Titles

Aerographer, Aerospace Mechanic, Aerospace Physiological Technician, Aerospace Technician, Altitude Chamber Technician, Avionics Technician, Avionics Test Technician, Calibration Technician, Communication Technician, Electronics Technician, Engineering Specialist Technician, Engineering Technician, Engineering Test Specialist, Field Service Engineer, Flight Data Technician, Flight Technician, Flight Test Data Acquisition Technician, Instrumentation Technician, Project Engineer, Radar Technician, Research Mechanic, Spacecraft Systems Engineer, Systems Test Technician, Test Equipment Mechanic, Test Technician

Top 15 Industries of Employment

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Number of Employers in State of Washington

Number Employed in Industry in 2007 in State of Washington

Percent of Total
Employment for Occupation in State of Washington

Growth Projection in State of Washington

Aerospace Product & Parts Manufacturing

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