Water treatment systems operator

Code 3132.7

Water treatment systems operators treat water to ensure safety for drinking, irrigation, or other use. They operate and maintain water treatment equipment and ensure the water is safe for bottling and use in food production by thoroughly testing before distribution, and by meeting environmental standards.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • water policies
  • water pressure
  • beverages filtration processes
  • water reuse

Skills and competences

  • apply HACCP
  • perform carbonation processes
  • apply GMP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • perform water treatments
  • disassemble equipment
  • filter liquids
  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation
  • manage desalination control system
  • boil water
  • operate a heat treatment process
  • clean food and beverage machinery
  • strive to conserve the composition of water
  • measure water flow
  • measure water quality parameters
  • tend beverage gasifier equipment
  • operate water purifying equipment
  • perform water treatment procedures
  • follow hygienic procedures during food processing
  • separate unstable elements in the water
  • use water disinfection equipment

Transversal competences

  • be at ease in unsafe environments
  • exert quality control to processing food
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • check bottles for packaging

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences