Certified Quality Technician

Median Annual Income

$78,138

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

Postsecondary certificate

Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.

Median Annual Income

$66,254

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Execute or adapt procedures and techniques for calibrating measurement devices, by applying knowledge of measurement science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and electronics, sometimes under the direction of engineering staff. Determine measurement standard suitability for calibrating measurement devices. May perform preventive maintenance on equipment. May perform corrective actions to address identified calibration problems.

Median Annual Income

$67,566

Projected Job Growth

+1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

Postsecondary certificate

Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.

Median Annual Income

$71,376

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Assist engineers in determining the practicality of proposed product design changes and plan and carry out tests on experimental test devices or equipment for performance, durability, or efficiency.

Median Annual Income

$71,376

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Apply theory and principles of mechanical engineering to modify, develop, test, or adjust machinery and equipment under direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.

Median Annual Income

$63,732

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. May perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.

Median Annual Income

$74,777

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

Postsecondary certificate

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul aircraft engines and assemblies, such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

Median Annual Income

$65,976

Projected Job Growth

-1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.

Median Annual Income

$65,976

Projected Job Growth

-1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.

Median Annual Income

$74,143

Projected Job Growth

+3 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use by engineering staff in making engineering design decisions.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

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

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

+3 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use by engineering staff in making engineering design decisions.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

-1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. May perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Apply theory and principles of mechanical engineering to modify, develop, test, or adjust machinery and equipment under direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Conduct tests to determine quality of raw materials, bulk intermediate and finished products. May conduct stability sample tests.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

-3 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.