Occupation Atlassecurity alarm technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c0c1364d-f784-4e76-8d3f-1e998dc6545d
security alarm technician
Security alarm technicians install and maintain security alarm systems to protect against hazards such as fire and burglary. They install sensors and control systems and connect them to power and telecommunication lines if required. Security alarm technicians explain usage of the installed systems to the prospective users.
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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.
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 Realistic6.67
- C Conventional4.94
- I Investigative3.35
- E Enterprising1.58
- S Social1.37
- A Artistic1.00
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 Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers (49-2098.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact 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.
- check compatibility of materials
- electrical wiring plans
- electricity
- electronics
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- inspect construction supplies
- inspect electrical supplies
- install electrical and electronic equipment
- perform test run
- program home alarm systems
- replace defect components
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- security panels
- test electronic units
- test sensors
- types of alarm systems
- use measurement instruments
- wire security sensors
- work ergonomically
Optional (22)
- advise customers on new equipment
- automation technology
- cut wall chases
- demonstrate products' features
- electromechanics
- glass breakage sensors
- implement ICT security policies
- implement a firewall
- implement anti-virus software
- infrared sensors
- install circuit breakers
- keep personal administration
- keep records of work progress
- manage closed-circuit television system
- perform ICT troubleshooting
- perform software unit testing
- plan maintenance activities
- program firmware
- reed sensors
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer
- smoke sensors
- use safety equipment in construction
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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