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Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers

What They Do: Define, plan, or execute biofuels/biodiesel research programs that evaluate alternative feedstock and process technologies with near-term commercial potential.

Also Called: Analytical Research Program ManagerBiodiesel Division ManagerBiofuels ManagerBusiness Development and New Technology ManagerLaboratory Manager (Lab Manager)Project Development Director

Resource Details

Abilities

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Deductive ReasoningThe ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Oral ComprehensionThe ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Problem SensitivityThe ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Written ComprehensionThe ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Information OrderingThe ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Written ExpressionThe ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Inductive ReasoningThe ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral ExpressionThe ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Category FlexibilityThe ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Mathematical ReasoningThe ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.