Occupation Atlaswater plant technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7f800e7d-9d86-406a-9116-b5eca7526869
water plant technician
Water plant technicians maintain and repair water treatment and supply equipment in a water plant. They ensure the provision of clean water by measuring the water quality, ensuring it is filtered and treated correctly, and maintaining distribution systems.
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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
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.33
- I Investigative3.01
- E Enterprising1.17
- A Artistic1.01
- S Social1.00
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 Industrial Machinery Mechanics (49-9041.00): 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 (12)
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.
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- maintain specified water characteristics
- maintain water distribution equipment
- maintain water storage equipment
- maintain water treatment equipment
- measure water quality parameters
- monitor water quality
- operate hydraulic machinery controls
- operate pumping systems
- troubleshoot
- water policies
- water pressure
Optional (23)
- carry out waste water treatment
- collect samples for analysis
- document analysis results
- ensure equipment availability
- ensure equipment maintenance
- ensure proper water storage
- follow water supply schedule
- install hydraulic systems
- install plumbing systems
- maintain desalination control system
- maintain records of maintenance interventions
- manage desalination control system
- operate water purifying equipment
- percolation
- perform laboratory tests
- perform water testing procedures
- perform water treatment procedures
- perform water treatments
- test samples for pollutants
- use personal protection equipment
- use water disinfection equipment
- water chemistry analysis
- water reuse
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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