Occupation Atlasmetallurgical technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/06351e17-67c4-44bc-adf7-64b73f92c3b5
metallurgical technician
Metallurgical technicians provide technical support in researching and performing experiments on minerals, metals, alloys, oil and gas. They also assist in improving the methods of extraction.
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Job Zone
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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
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, 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.
- alloys of precious metals
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- analyse test data
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- collect samples
- conduct field work
- corrosion types
- ferrous metal processing
- interpret extraction data
- maintain laboratory equipment
- metal drawing processes
- non-ferrous metal processing
- perform sample testing
- precious metal processing
- precious metals
- record test data
- test raw minerals
- types of metal
Optional (15)
- advise on construction materials
- chemical processes
- chemical technologies in metal manufacture
- conduct metallurgical structural analysis
- determine characteristics of mineral deposits
- develop alternative mining methods
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- excavation techniques
- innovation processes
- manipulate metal
- metal and metal ore products
- mine safety legislation
- report analysis results
- separate metals from ores
- test construction material samples
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 18 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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