Occupation Atlasagricultural equipment design engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a5dc92b4-9712-4bc5-a08a-f6efa07b855f
agricultural equipment design engineer
Agricultural equipment design engineers apply knowledge of engineering and biological science to solve various agricultural problems such as soil and water conservation and the processing of agricultural products. They design agricultural structures, machinery, equipment and processes.
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Job Zone
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- 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
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.65
- I Investigative6.29
- C Conventional3.77
- E Enterprising2.31
- A Artistic2.19
- S Social1.73
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 Agricultural Engineers (17-2021.00): 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 (25)
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.
- CAD software
- adjust engineering designs
- advise on safety improvements
- agricultural chemicals
- agricultural equipment
- approve engineering design
- e-agriculture
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute feasibility study
- industrial engineering
- legislation in agriculture
- manufacturing processes
- mathematics
- mechanical engineering
- mechanics
- perform scientific research
- production processes
- read engineering drawings
- sustainable agricultural production principles
- technical drawings
- troubleshoot
- use CAD software
- use computer-aided engineering systems
- use technical drawing software
Optional (22)
- CAE software
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- blueprints
- create a product's virtual model
- design prototypes
- determine production capacity
- determine production feasibility
- estimate duration of work
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- maintain agricultural machinery
- maintain rotating equipment
- manage supplies
- material mechanics
- monitor production developments
- operate agricultural machinery
- plan manufacturing processes
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- read standard blueprints
- reverse engineering
- set up the controller of a machine
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- use CAM software
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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