# Tasks & work activities — rubber technologist

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 11-9041.01 (Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2145; 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.