Occupation Atlassoil surveying technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/84cb6e91-ce11-409e-9306-23c9698631af
soil surveying technician
Soil surveying technicians analyse soil by carrying out technical surveying tasks, using soil surveying techniques. They focus on the process of classifying soil types and other soil properties. Soil surveying technicians operate surveying equipment and utilise programs to retrieve and interpret relevant data, and perform computations as required.
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.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.60
- C Conventional5.34
- I Investigative5.18
- S Social1.46
- A Artistic1.28
- E Enterprising1.11
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 Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians (19-4043.00): 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 (19)
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.
- adjust surveying equipment
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- collect samples
- collect samples for analysis
- conduct field work
- conduct soil sample tests
- ecology
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- environmental legislation
- gather experimental data
- geology
- laboratory techniques
- operate surveying instruments
- perform laboratory tests
- prepare surveying report
- soil mechanics
- soil science
- soil structure
- write work-related reports
Optional (18)
O*NET equivalents
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