offshore-renewable-energy-engineer/references/tasks.md

Tasks & work activities — offshore renewable energy engineer

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 17-2199.10 (Wind Energy Engineers) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2149; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

Task statements

• [Supplemental] Write reports to document wind farm collector system test results.
• [Supplemental] Oversee the work activities of wind farm consultants or subcontractors.
• [Core] Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations.
• [Supplemental] Investigate experimental wind turbines or wind turbine technologies for properties such as aerodynamics, production, noise, and load.
• [Supplemental] Test wind turbine equipment to determine effects of stress or fatigue.
• [Supplemental] Test wind turbine components, using mechanical or electronic testing equipment.
• [Supplemental] Provide engineering technical support to designers of prototype wind turbines.
• [Supplemental] Perform root cause analysis on wind turbine tower component failures.
• [Supplemental] Monitor wind farm construction to ensure compliance with regulatory standards or environmental requirements.
• [Supplemental] Direct balance of plant (BOP) construction, generator installation, testing, commissioning, or supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) to ensure compliance with specifications.
• [Supplemental] Develop specifications for wind technology components, such as gearboxes, blades, generators, frequency converters, or pad transformers.
• [Supplemental] Develop active control algorithms, electronics, software, electromechanical, or electrohydraulic systems for wind turbines.
• [Core] Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms.
• [Core] Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection systems, substations, switchyards, or transmission lines.
• [Supplemental] Design underground or overhead wind farm collector systems.
• [Supplemental] Analyze operation of wind farms or wind farm components to determine reliability, performance, and compliance with specifications.

Detailed work activities

• Conduct quantitative failure analyses of operational data.
• Create graphical representations of energy production systems.
• Design energy production or management equipment or systems.
• Determine design criteria or specifications.
• Direct energy production or management activities.
• Document design or operational test results.
• Evaluate the characteristics of green technologies.
• Monitor processes for compliance with standards.
• Provide technical guidance to other personnel.
• Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance.
• Research design or application of green technologies.
• Test green technologies or processes.