Mechanical Engineering Technician A mechanical engineering
technician could... |Set up equipment and instruments for an
automobile crash test.||Create manufacturing instructions for
mass production of a wind-up toy.| |Use a computer to prepare
drawings or layouts of a mold that will be used to form a new
part.||Test and supervise modifications to a manufacturing
process so that a product can be made better.| Key Facts &
Information |Overview||You use mechanical devices every day—to
zip and snap your clothing, open doors, refrigerate and cook
your food, get clean water, heat your home, play music, surf the
Internet, travel around, and even to brush your teeth. Virtually
every object that you see around has been mechanically
engineered or designed at some point, requiring the skills of
mechanical engineering technicians to create drawings of the
product, or to build and test models of the product to find the
best design.| |Key Requirements||Creative, analytical, detail-
oriented, with good hands-on mechanical sk