Job Duties
1. Apply testing or monitoring apparatus to operating equipment.
2. Prepare equipment inspection schedules, reliability schedules, work plans, or other records.
3. Design specialized or customized equipment, machines, or structures.
4. Prepare cost and materials estimates or project schedules.
5. Interpret engineering sketches, specifications, or drawings.
6. Provide technical support to other employees regarding mechanical design, fabrication, testing, or documentation.
7. Perform routine maintenance on equipment, such as leak detectors, glove boxes, or mechanical pumps.
8. Assist engineers to design, develop, test, or manufacture industrial machinery, consumer products, or other equipment.
9. Design molds, tools, dies, jigs, or fixtures for use in manufacturing processes.
10. Conduct failure analyses, document results, and recommend corrective actions.
11. Analyze or estimate production costs, such as labor, equipment, or plant space. 12) Test machines, components, materials, or products to determine characteristics such as performance, strength, or response to stress.
12. Prepare specifications, designs, or sketches for machines, components, or systems related to the generation, transmission, or use of mechanical or fluid energy.
13. Prepare layouts of machinery, tools, plants, or equipment.
14. Inspect and test mechanical equipment.
15. Oversee, monitor, or inspect mechanical installations or construction projects.
16. Assist mechanical engineers in product testing through activities such as setting up instrumentation for automobile crash tests.
17. Assemble or disassemble complex mechanical systems.
18. Analyze energy requirements and distribution systems to maximize the use of intermittent or inflexible renewable energy sources, such as wind or nuclear.
19. Assist engineers to design or develop electrochemical devices, such as solid oxide membranes or other products for sustainable applications.
20. Conduct statistical studies to analyze or compare production costs for sustainable and nonsustainable designs.
Education Requirement
1. Completion of a two- or three-year college program in mechanical engineering technology is usually required for mechanical engineering technologists.
2. Completion of a one- or two-year college program in mechanical engineering technology is usually required for mechanical engineering technicians.
3. Certification in mechanical engineering technology or in a related field is available through provincial associations of engineering/applied science technologists and technicians and may be required for some positions.
4. A period of supervised work experience, usually two years, is required before certification.
5. In Quebec, membership in the regulatory body is required to use the title "Professional Technologist."
2 to 8 years experience required 
48,781 CAD to 80,300 CAD P.A. 
Canada
