Occupation Atlasgas distribution engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7bc02fa7-7aaa-41a6-be5b-ab7a7b6684d3
gas distribution engineer
Gas distribution engineers design and construct transport systems for natural gas, connecting the gas distribution network to the consumer by designing piping works and mains. They research methods to ensure sustainability, and to decrease environmental impact, as well as optimising cost efficiency.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
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
- approve engineering design
- comply with pipeline transport regulations
- create designs for pipeline engineering
- energy
- energy market
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures
- fuel distribution systems
- fuel gas
- gas consumption
- mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects
- monitor legislation developments
- natural gas
- perform scientific research
- security requirements of goods transported via pipelines
- supervise gas distribution operations
- technical drawings
- types of pipelines
- use technical drawing software
Optional (12)
- adapt energy distribution schedules
- develop energy saving concepts
- develop gas distribution schedule
- ensure compliance with gas distribution schedule
- ensure correct gas pressure
- ensure equipment maintenance
- fossil fuels
- gas market
- manage gas transmission system
- report on fuel distribution incidents
- test gas purity
- test pipeline infrastructure operations
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