Wastewater treatment technician

Also searched as: Técnico de planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales

Code 3132.5

What does a Wastewater treatment technician do?

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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Essential skills

Skills and competences

  • apply health and safety standards
  • monitor water quality
  • ensure equipment maintenance
  • interpret scientific data to assess water quality
  • maintain records of maintenance interventions
  • maintain water treatment equipment
  • maintain specified water characteristics
  • maintain desalination control system
  • replace machines
  • resolve equipment malfunctions
  • use testing equipment

Transversal competences

  • report test findings
  • keep records of work progress

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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