Occupation Atlasinstrumentation engineering technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2bb8adee-2b84-4d7b-84f9-0620bc09ada8
instrumentation engineering technician
Instrumentation engineering technicians assist instrumentation engineers in the development of control equipment, such as valves, relays, and regulators, which can be used to monitor and control processes. Instrumentation engineering technicians are responsible for building, testing, monitoring, and maintaining of equipment. They use wrenches, beam cutters, grind saws, and overhead cranes to build and repair equipment.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.26
- I Investigative5.20
- C Conventional5.00
- S Social1.78
- A Artistic1.76
- E Enterprising1.31
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (17-3023.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (32)
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
- align components
- assemble instrumentation equipment
- assemble measuring equipment
- assist scientific research
- conduct routine machinery checks
- control engineering
- develop instrumentation systems
- electromechanics
- electronics
- ensure conformity to specifications
- fasten components
- inspect quality of products
- instrumentation engineering
- instrumentation equipment
- liaise with engineers
- manage instrumentation systems
- measure electrical characteristics
- measure parts of manufactured products
- metallurgy
- operate soldering equipment
- perform test run
- prepare production prototypes
- read assembly drawings
- read engineering drawings
- read standard blueprints
- record test data
- test instrumentation equipment
- use hand tools
- use power tools
- use wrenches
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional (46)
- CAD software
- CAE software
- analyse big data
- apply soldering techniques
- apply technical communication skills
- automation technology
- calibrate electronic instruments
- cloud technologies
- conduct quality control analysis
- data mining
- data storage
- electrical engineering
- electrical equipment regulations
- electronic equipment standards
- firmware
- hydraulics
- instrument performance elements
- integrate new products in manufacturing
- keep records of work progress
- maintain sensor equipment
- marine technology
- mechanical engineering
- mechatronics
- nuclear energy
- offshore constructions and facilities
- offshore renewable energy technologies
- operate circular saw
- operate cranes
- operate precision machinery
- pneumatics
- power plant instrumentation
- program firmware
- quality standards
- renewable energy
- replace defect components
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- sensors
- statistical analysis system software
- tend metal sawing machine
- tend surface grinding machine
- test sensors
- use CAM software
- use precision tools
- use remote control equipment
- utilise machine learning
- write technical reports
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
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