Transportation: Alternative Fuel Vehicles Sample Occupations

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Automotive Engineer
Design eco-friendly cars, trucks, motorcycles, and scooters with increasing fuel efficiency & zero-emissions, investigating use of alternative fuels & technologies.
Auto Retrofitter
Make adjustments to specific automotive systems to improve their performance, especially to decrease emissions & increase fuel efficiency.
Metal Fabricator
Create the machines that form metal into plight or heavy real cars, bike racks, wind turbines, etc. Use specialized drills, grinders, molds, presses, and rollers, as well as computer software.
Environmental Chemist
In-depth knowledge & respect for the relationship between chemistry & the environment. Design & conduct chemical experiments & analyses in basic or applied research or product development. Expanding focus on improving technology for alternative energy sou
Automotive Service Technician
Must continually adapt to changing technology & repair techniques as vehicle components & systems become increasingly sophisticated and cleaner. Formal automotive technician training is the best preparation for these
Mechanical Engineer with focus on green technologies
design & develop machines that produce and/or use energy, such as car engines and wind turbines. Determine needs of the user, physical problems of building equipment, cost & its effect on the environment. Field is very broad, & the need for emerging gr

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