Occupation Atlasquality engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/30c0943c-caa1-411d-b273-26f475971273
quality engineer
Quality engineers define quality standards for the creation of products or services. They check to make sure the products and services are in compliance with the quality standards and they coordinate quality improvements.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ICRInvestigative · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.56
- C Conventional5.07
- R Realistic4.85
- E Enterprising2.02
- A Artistic1.48
- S Social1.43
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 Validation Engineers (17-2112.02): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
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.
- analyse test data
- define quality standards
- identify process improvements
- inspect quality of products
- perform risk analysis
- quality assurance methodologies
- quality assurance procedures
- quality standards
- recommend product improvements
- record test data
- report test findings
- set quality assurance objectives
- support implementation of quality management systems
- test procedures
- undertake inspections
- write inspection reports
Optional (21)
- audit techniques
- check quality of products on the production line
- check quality of raw materials
- communicate test results to other departments
- communication
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- ensure compliance with company regulations
- ensure compliance with legal requirements
- industrial engineering
- lead inspections
- lean manufacturing
- maintain test equipment
- manage budgets
- manufacturing processes
- materials engineering
- non-destructive testing
- oversee quality control
- perform pre-assembly quality checks
- perform project management
- train employees
- use measurement instruments
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 16 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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