Occupation Atlasfluid power technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0b6e1a0d-63fe-42d4-8dff-2ff187a9fea9
fluid power technician
Fluid power technicians install and assemble equipment that uses liquid or gas pressure to transmit or regulate power. They also perform tests on and maintain this equipment.
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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 Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.51
- I Investigative2.85
- S Social1.20
- A Artistic1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
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 Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door (49-9012.00): 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.
- consult technical resources
- fluid mechanics
- hydraulic fluid
- hydraulics
- install hydraulic systems
- mechanics
- operate soldering equipment
- perform test run
- read standard blueprints
- record test data
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- secure working area
- use testing equipment
Optional (18)
- apply technical communication skills
- conduct routine machinery checks
- dispose of hazardous waste
- estimate restoration costs
- install electrical and electronic equipment
- issue sales invoices
- liaise with engineers
- operate industrial equipment
- operate precision measuring equipment
- operate welding equipment
- order supplies
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- prepare compliance documents
- provide customer information related to repairs
- replace defect components
- solve technical problems
- troubleshoot
- write records for repairs
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.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 13 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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