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# Tasks & work activities — product manager
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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.
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## Task statements
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- **[Core]** Develop lab scale models of industrial scale processes, such as fermentation.
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- **[Supplemental]** Develop computational tools or approaches to improve biofuels research and development activities.
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- **[Core]** Provide technical or scientific guidance to technical staff in the conduct of biofuels research or development.
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- **[Core]** Prepare, or oversee the preparation of, experimental plans for biofuels research or development.
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- **[Core]** Prepare biofuels research and development reports for senior management or technical professionals.
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- **[Supplemental]** Perform protein functional analysis and engineering for processing of feedstock and creation of biofuels.
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- **[Supplemental]** Develop separation processes to recover biofuels.
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- **[Supplemental]** Develop methods to recover ethanol or other fuels from complex bioreactor liquid and gas streams.
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- **[Supplemental]** Develop methods to estimate the efficiency of biomass pretreatments.
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- **[Supplemental]** Design or execute solvent or product recovery experiments in laboratory or field settings.
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- **[Core]** Design or conduct applied biodiesel or biofuels research projects on topics, such as transport, thermodynamics, mixing, filtration, distillation, fermentation, extraction, and separation.
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- **[Supplemental]** Design chemical conversion processes, such as etherification, esterification, interesterification, transesterification, distillation, hydrogenation, oxidation or reduction of fats and oils, and vegetable oil refining.
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- **[Core]** Conduct experiments on biomass or pretreatment technologies.
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- **[Core]** Conduct experiments to test new or alternate feedstock fermentation processes.
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- **[Core]** Analyze data from biofuels studies, such as fluid dynamics, water treatments, or solvent extraction and recovery processes.
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- **[Core]** Oversee biodiesel/biofuels prototyping or development projects.
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- **[Core]** Propose new biofuels products, processes, technologies or applications based on findings from applied biofuels or biomass research projects.
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- **[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.
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## Detailed work activities
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- Communicate green energy production information.
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- Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures for green or sustainable operations.
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- Develop specifications for new products or processes.
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- Develop technical processes to improve the efficiency of biofuel production.
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- Direct green energy production operations.
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- Evaluate energy production data.
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- Model operational processes.
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- Supervise workers performing environmentally sustainable activities.
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- Test green technologies or processes.
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