According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms. | 77% |
| Provide engineering technical support to designers of prototype wind turbines. | 76% |
| Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations. | 74% |
| Investigate experimental wind turbines or wind turbine technologies for properties such as aerodynamics, production, noise, and load. | 72% |
| Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection systems, substations, switchyards, or transmission lines. | 70% |
| Develop active control algorithms, electronics, software, electromechanical, or electrohydraulic systems for wind turbines. | 69% |
| Develop specifications for wind technology components, such as gearboxes, blades, generators, frequency converters, or pad transformers. | 68% |
| Test wind turbine components, using mechanical or electronic testing equipment. | 68% |
| Oversee the work activities of wind farm consultants or subcontractors. | 68% |
| Test wind turbine equipment to determine effects of stress or fatigue. | 68% |
| Monitor wind farm construction to ensure compliance with regulatory standards or environmental requirements. | 64% |
| Direct balance of plant (BOP) construction, generator installation, testing, commissioning, or supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) to ensure compliance with specifications. | 60% |
| Analyze operation of wind farms or wind farm components to determine reliability, performance, and compliance with specifications. | 60% |
| Perform root cause analysis on wind turbine tower component failures. | 59% |
| Design underground or overhead wind farm collector systems. | 58% |
| Write reports to document wind farm collector system test results. | 56% |
