Occupation Atlaswaste treatment engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ab4dd4f9-ee6c-41cc-8b72-42ad0b13d1e2
waste treatment engineer
Waste treatment engineers design processes, facilities and equipment used in the collection, treatment, and distribution of waste. They research environmental standards and policies in order to optimise waste treatment procedures and ensure minimal strain on the environment by analysing and classifying the processed waste.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
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 engineering designs
- advise on waste management procedures
- approve engineering design
- assess environmental impact
- characteristics of waste
- circular economy
- develop hazardous waste management strategies
- develop non-hazardous waste management strategies
- develop waste management processes
- energy
- energy market
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- environmental legislation
- maintain waste collection records
- monitor legislation developments
- perform scientific research
- technical drawings
- use technical drawing software
- waste and scrap products
Optional (27)
- advise on environmental remediation
- advise on environmental risk management systems
- advise on pollution prevention
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- assess waste type
- decontamination techniques
- develop environmental remediation strategies
- develop radiation protection strategies
- document analysis results
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
- ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations
- hazardous waste types
- instruct employees on radiation protection
- liaise with local authorities
- manage environmental impact of operations
- monitor disposal of radioactive substances
- monitor radiation levels
- monitor waste treatment equipment
- perform risk analysis
- pollution legislation
- pollution prevention
- promote environmental awareness
- radiation protection
- radioactive contamination
- report test findings
- test samples for pollutants
- use testing equipment
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