Occupation Atlasgroundwater monitoring technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7af81505-6681-49b5-b65e-401884a71f1f
groundwater monitoring technician
Groundwater monitoring technician monitor the environment, gathering data in the form of samples and performing tests in a laboratory or field, to investigate potential sources of pollution. They also perform maintenance tasks on the monitoring equipment.
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Job Zone
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- 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
CIRConventional · Investigative · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.84
- I Investigative4.77
- R Realistic4.57
- E Enterprising3.21
- S Social2.35
- A Artistic1.05
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 Environmental Compliance Inspectors (13-1041.01): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, 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.
- chemistry
- collect samples
- collect samples for analysis
- interpret scientific data to assess water quality
- laboratory techniques
- measure water quality parameters
- monitor water quality
- perform laboratory tests
- perform water analysis
- perform water chemistry analysis
- perform water testing procedures
- prepare chemical samples
- record test data
- study groundwater
- test chemical samples
- test samples for pollutants
- use personal protection equipment
- water chemistry analysis
Optional (23)
- advise on environmental remediation
- advise on pollution prevention
- advise on soil and water protection
- analyse environmental data
- assess contamination
- assess groundwater environmental impact
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- develop environmental remediation strategies
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental legislation
- fresh water ecosystems
- investigate contamination
- investigate pollution
- maintain test equipment
- microbiology-bacteriology
- operate water purifying equipment
- pollution prevention
- promote environmental awareness
- report on environmental issues
- report pollution incidents
- report test findings
- treat contaminated water
- use water disinfection equipment
O*NET equivalents
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