Occupation Atlasastronaut
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d4edb527-2e5d-440c-9f8c-cd5caa9cc4d6
astronaut
Astronauts are crew members commanding spacecrafts for operations beyond low Earth orbit or higher than the regular altitude reached by commercial flights. They orbit the Earth in order to perform operations such as scientific research and experiments, launching or release of satellites, and building of space stations.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 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
RCERealistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic4.74
- C Conventional4.70
- E Enterprising3.81
- I Investigative3.15
- S Social2.50
- A Artistic1.44
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 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers (53-2011.00): 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.
- collect data using GPS
- collect geological data
- conduct research on climate processes
- gather experimental data
- geographic information systems
- geostationary satellites
- global navigation satellite system performance parameters
- interpret graphical communication interfaces
- interpret visual literacy
- launching of satellites into orbit
- operate 3D computer graphics software
- operate GPS systems
- perform gravity measurements
- perform scientific experiments in space
- physics
- types of satellites
- use communication equipment
- use different communication channels
Optional (13)
- address aircraft mechanical issues
- aircraft mechanics
- analyse weather forecast
- consider time zones in execution of work
- deal with challenging work conditions
- fluid mechanics
- mechanics
- operate gas extraction equipment
- plan space satellite missions
- research satellite launch sites
- test oxygen purity
- transfer oxygen
- use specialised computer models for weather forecasting
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
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