Occupation Atlaswastewater treatment technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d99e2022-cbe1-4aaa-8f9d-7db129d61f0c
wastewater treatment technician
Wastewater treatment technicians aid wastewater treatment operators in the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment equipment, and the purification procedure of wastewater, in sewage plants. They perform repair duties.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
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 Realistic6.75
- C Conventional4.60
- I Investigative2.55
- E Enterprising1.62
- S Social1.57
- 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 Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators (51-8031.00): 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 (13)
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.
- apply health and safety standards
- ensure equipment maintenance
- interpret scientific data to assess water quality
- keep records of work progress
- maintain desalination control system
- maintain records of maintenance interventions
- maintain specified water characteristics
- maintain water treatment equipment
- monitor water quality
- replace machines
- report test findings
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- use testing equipment
Optional (17)
- dispose of sewage sludge
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure proper water storage
- laboratory techniques
- maintain water storage equipment
- operate hydraulic machinery controls
- operate pumping equipment
- operate sewage treatment plans on ships
- operate water purifying equipment
- percolation
- perform sample testing
- perform water treatments
- prepare samples for testing
- repair plumbing systems
- test samples for pollutants
- use personal protection equipment
- use water disinfection equipment
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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