Occupation Atlasheating technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7259dc48-004a-4ceb-aa4e-5bbd548c2397
heating technician
Heating technicians install and maintain gas, electric, oil, solid-fuel and multiple fuel heating and ventilation equipment as stand-alone heating and ventilation systems or build into machinery and transport equipment. They follow instructions and blueprints, perform maintenance on systems, perform safety checks and repair the systems.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (26)
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.
- combined heat and power generation
- conduct routine machinery checks
- consult technical resources
- design an electric heating system
- design heating and cooling emission systems
- domestic cooling systems
- electric heating systems
- fuel gas
- install heating furnace
- install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts
- install radiators
- integrate biogas energy in buildings
- operate soldering equipment
- operate welding equipment
- perform a feasibility study on electric heating
- perform a feasibility study on heat pumps
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- perform test run
- read standard blueprints
- record test data
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- thermodynamics
- types of fuels
- types of heat pumps
- use measurement instruments
- use testing equipment
Optional (36)
- advise on safety improvements
- answer requests for quotation
- apply technical communication skills
- biogas energy
- define energy profiles
- design a combined heat and power system
- design a solar heating system
- design heat pump installations
- design hot water systems
- design passive energy measures
- dispose of hazardous waste
- distribution of heating cooling and hot water
- district heating and cooling
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- estimate restoration costs
- geothermal energy systems
- identify customer's needs
- install gas heaters
- install heat pump
- install heating boiler
- install in-floor and in-wall heating
- install solar water heater
- install wood heater
- issue sales invoices
- lay pipe installation
- metal thermal conductivity
- order supplies
- perform feasibility study on solar heating
- perform risk analysis
- prepare compliance documents
- provide customer information related to repairs
- repair heating equipment
- repair ventilation equipment
- solve technical problems
- troubleshoot
- write records for repairs
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