Occupation Atlasheating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1f97f6e6-0ac7-4e77-88ab-2e3801c5a223
heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer
Heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineers design and develop heating, ventilation, air conditioning and possibly refrigeration systems for usage in residences, manufacturing sites, offices, commercial buildings, etc. They strive for solutions that serve the needs of clients and respond to architectural restrictions of sites.
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Essential (31)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust engineering designs
- advise on fitted ventilation systems
- approve engineering design
- assess energy consumption of ventilation systems
- assess financial viability
- assess heating and cooling systems
- design an electric heating system
- design district heating and cooling energy systems
- design heat pump installations
- design heating and cooling emission systems
- determine appropriate heating and cooling system
- district heating and cooling
- domestic cooling systems
- electric heating systems
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute feasibility study
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts
- hydraulics
- identify fitted source for heat pumps
- integrated design
- mechanical engineering
- mechanics
- operate solar thermal energy systems for hot water and heating
- perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling
- perform a feasibility study on electric heating
- perform a feasibility study on heat pumps
- perform scientific research
- technical drawings
- types of heat pumps
- use technical drawing software
Optional (41)
- advise architects
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- analyse test data
- biogas energy
- combined heat and power generation
- components of air conditioning systems
- conduct performance tests
- create technical plans
- design a combined heat and power system
- design a solar absorption cooling system
- design a solar heating system
- design geothermal energy systems
- design hot water systems
- design passive energy measures
- design principles
- design prototypes
- design ventilation network
- determine internal air quality parameters
- distribution of heating cooling and hot water
- domestic heating systems
- draft design specifications
- electrical engineering
- energy conservation
- fluid mechanics
- geothermal energy systems
- industrial heating systems
- install heating boiler
- install heating furnace
- install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts
- integrate biogas energy in buildings
- lead a team
- operate climate control
- perform a feasibility study on solar absorption cooling
- perform feasibility study on solar heating
- perform test run
- product data management
- record test data
- refrigerants
- thermodynamics
- use CAD software
- ventilation systems
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