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Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. May perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.
What an industrial engineering technologists and technician does
Become an industrial engineering technologists and technician
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good industrial engineering technologists and technician
- Reading work related information.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $35 per hour with an average salary of $73,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $26 and $40 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $54,100 and $82,700 per year.
Industrial Engineering Technologists And Technician job outlook
- There are 839 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 121 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.