wastewater engineer
Code 2142.1.10
Wastewater engineers design sewage systems and networks for the removal and treatment of wastewater from cities and other residential areas. They design systems which are compliant with environmental standards, and aim to minimise impact on the ecosystem and on citizens in the vicinity of the network.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- technical drawings
- hydraulic fluid
- hydraulics
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- types of pipelines
Skills and competences
- approve engineering design
- develop sewerage networks
- create designs for pipeline engineering
- ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- perform scientific research
- adjust engineering designs
- monitor legislation developments
- use technical drawing software
Transversal competences
- mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects
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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