Occupation Atlaspaper engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c44c078d-85e4-40a3-9598-2c333d7a24ca
paper engineer
Paper engineers ensure an optimal production process in the manufacture of paper and related products. They select primary and secondary raw materials and check their quality. In addition, they optimize machinery and equipment usage as well as the chemical additives for paper making.
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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
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.88
- I Investigative5.82
- C Conventional4.11
- A Artistic2.54
- E Enterprising2.06
- S Social1.38
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 Materials Engineers (17-2131.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
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.
- check paper quality
- check quality of raw materials
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- manufacturing processes
- monitor production developments
- monitor pulp quality
- optimise production
- paper chemistry
- paper production processes
- perform scientific research
- plan engineering activities
- quality standards
- sizes of paper
- test paper production samples
- types of paper
- types of pulp
Optional (13)
- business management principles
- communication
- dispose of hazardous waste
- dispose of non-hazardous waste
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- identify hazards in the workplace
- keep records of work progress
- perform project management
- plan product management
- prepare wood production reports
- sales strategies
- types of wood
- use CAD software
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.
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