Theme park technician

Code 7412.12

Theme park technicians work to maintain and repair amusement park attractions. They need a strong technical knowledge and have specialised knowledge of the rides they are assigned to maintain. Theme park technicians usually keep records of the maintenance and repairs performed as well as uptime and downtime for each serviced attraction. Attention to safety is especially important in the maintenance and repair of amusement park rides.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • mechanical components of vehicles
  • electronics
  • mechanics
  • amusement park emergency procedures

Skills and competences

  • check ride safety restraints
  • check ride communications
  • monitor amusement park safety
  • mantener el equipo de un parque de atracciones
  • maintain ride parts inventory
  • maintain amusement park attractions
  • maintain electronic systems
  • assemble electronic units

Transversal competences

  • ensure health and safety of visitors
  • ensure health and safety of staff

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Sources

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