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Tasks & work activities — footwear product development manager

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 11-9041.01 (Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 1223; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

Task statements

  • [Core] Develop lab scale models of industrial scale processes, such as fermentation.
  • [Supplemental] Develop computational tools or approaches to improve biofuels research and development activities.
  • [Core] Provide technical or scientific guidance to technical staff in the conduct of biofuels research or development.
  • [Core] Prepare, or oversee the preparation of, experimental plans for biofuels research or development.
  • [Core] Prepare biofuels research and development reports for senior management or technical professionals.
  • [Supplemental] Perform protein functional analysis and engineering for processing of feedstock and creation of biofuels.
  • [Supplemental] Develop separation processes to recover biofuels.
  • [Supplemental] Develop methods to recover ethanol or other fuels from complex bioreactor liquid and gas streams.
  • [Supplemental] Develop methods to estimate the efficiency of biomass pretreatments.
  • [Supplemental] Design or execute solvent or product recovery experiments in laboratory or field settings.
  • [Core] Design or conduct applied biodiesel or biofuels research projects on topics, such as transport, thermodynamics, mixing, filtration, distillation, fermentation, extraction, and separation.
  • [Supplemental] Design chemical conversion processes, such as etherification, esterification, interesterification, transesterification, distillation, hydrogenation, oxidation or reduction of fats and oils, and vegetable oil refining.
  • [Core] Conduct experiments on biomass or pretreatment technologies.
  • [Core] Conduct experiments to test new or alternate feedstock fermentation processes.
  • [Core] Analyze data from biofuels studies, such as fluid dynamics, water treatments, or solvent extraction and recovery processes.
  • [Core] Oversee biodiesel/biofuels prototyping or development projects.
  • [Core] Propose new biofuels products, processes, technologies or applications based on findings from applied biofuels or biomass research projects.
  • [Supplemental] Conduct research to breed or develop energy crops with improved biomass yield, environmental adaptability, pest resistance, production efficiency, bioprocessing characteristics, or reduced environmental impacts.

Detailed work activities

  • Communicate green energy production information.
  • Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures for green or sustainable operations.
  • Develop specifications for new products or processes.
  • Develop technical processes to improve the efficiency of biofuel production.
  • Direct green energy production operations.
  • Evaluate energy production data.
  • Model operational processes.
  • Supervise workers performing environmentally sustainable activities.
  • Test green technologies or processes.