Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
357 skills listed by ESCO, 171 of them essential. 357 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 351, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 4 |
| 3D modelling | skill | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| abide by regulations on banned materials |
| skill |
| essential |
| 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | essential | 3 |
| adapt energy distribution schedules | skill | essential | 3 |
| adjust engineering designs | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on mine equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| alarm systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| algorithms | skill | essential | 3 |
| analyse test data | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply technical communication skills | skill | essential | 3 |
| approve engineering design | skill | essential | 3 |
| artificial lighting systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| assemble electromechanical systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess financial viability | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess integrated domotics systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| automation technology | skill | essential | 3 |
| automotive engineering | skill | essential | 3 |
| battery chemistry | skill | essential | 3 |
| battery design | skill | essential | 3 |
| battery management systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| building automation | skill | essential | 3 |
| building information modelling | skill | essential | 3 |
| building systems monitoring technology | skill | essential | 3 |
| change power distribution systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| cloud technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate with customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| computer engineering | skill | essential | 3 |
| computer programming | skill | essential | 3 |
| computer science | skill | essential | 3 |
| computer technology | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct literature research | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct quality control analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| conform with production requirements | skill | essential | 3 |
| consumer protection | skill | essential | 3 |
| control systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| cooperate with colleagues | skill | essential | 3 |
| create CAD drawings | skill | essential | 3 |
| define integration strategy | skill | essential | 3 |
| define technical requirements | skill | essential | 3 |
| demonstrate disciplinary expertise | skill | essential | 3 |
| design a domotic system in buildings | skill | essential | 3 |
| design application interfaces | skill | essential | 3 |
| design circuit boards | skill | essential | 3 |
| design circuits using CAD | skill | essential | 3 |
| design drawings | skill | essential | 3 |
| design electrical systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| design electric power systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| design electromagnets | skill | essential | 3 |
| design electromechanical systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| design electronic systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| design prototypes | skill | essential | 3 |
| design smart grids | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop electricity distribution schedule | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop energy saving concepts | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop improvements to the electrical systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop new products | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop predictive models | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop software prototype | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop strategies for electricity contingencies | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop test procedures | skill | essential | 3 |
| domotic systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical discharge | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical engineering | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical equipment components | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical equipment regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical instrumentation engineering | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical machines | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical mine machinery manuals | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical power safety regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical testing methods | skill | essential | 3 |
| electrical wiring diagrams | skill | essential | 3 |
| electric current | skill | essential | 3 |
| electric drives | skill | essential | 3 |
| electric generators | skill | essential | 3 |
| electricity | skill | essential | 3 |
| electricity consumption | skill | essential | 3 |
| electricity principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| electric motors | skill | essential | 3 |
| electromagnetic spectrum | skill | essential | 3 |
| electromagnetism | skill | essential | 3 |
| electromagnets | skill | essential | 3 |
| electromechanics | skill | essential | 3 |
| electronics | skill | essential | 3 |
| embedded systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| energy | skill | essential | 3 |
| energy conservation | skill | essential | 3 |
| energy market | skill | essential | 3 |
| energy micro-generation technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| engineering principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| engineering processes | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure compliance with electricity distribution schedule | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure compliance with environmental legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure compliance with safety legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure material compliance | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure safety in electrical power operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| environmental legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| environmental threats | skill | essential | 3 |
| gather technical information | skill | essential | 3 |
| geology | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify customer's needs | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify process improvements | skill | essential | 3 |
| inspect data | skill | essential | 3 |
| inspect facility sites | skill | essential | 3 |
| inspect overhead power lines | skill | essential | 3 |
| inspect underground power cables | skill | essential | 3 |
| install electrical mining machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| integrated design | skill | essential | 3 |
| interact professionally in research and professional environments | skill | essential | 3 |
| Internet of Things | skill | essential | 3 |
| interpret circuit diagrams | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain electrical engines | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain electrical mine machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain records of mining operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| make electrical calculations | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage electricity transmission system | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage emergency procedures | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage engineering project | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage personal professional development | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage research data | skill | essential | 3 |
| mathematics | skill | essential | 3 |
| mechanical engineering | skill | essential | 3 |
| mechanics | skill | essential | 3 |
| microwave principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| mine safety legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| model electromagnetic products | skill | essential | 3 |
| model electromechanical systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor manufacturing quality standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate electronic measuring instruments | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate open source software | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate scientific measuring equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform data analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform energy simulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform ICT troubleshooting | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform product testing | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform project management | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform scientific research | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform smart grid feasibility study | skill | essential | 3 |
| physics | skill | essential | 3 |
| power engineering | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare production prototypes | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare scientific reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006 | skill | essential | 3 |
| process data | skill | essential | 3 |
| procure electrical machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| programmable logic controller | skill | essential | 3 |
| Project Management | skill | essential | 3 |
| project management principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote sustainable energy | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide advice to hatcheries | skill | essential | 3 |
| Python | tool | essential | 3 |
| read engineering drawings | skill | essential | 3 |
| record test data | skill | essential | 3 |
| renewable energy | skill | essential | 3 |
| report analysis results | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to electrical power contingencies | skill | essential | 3 |
| robotics | skill | essential | 3 |
| run simulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| safety engineering | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | essential | 3 |
| sensors | skill | essential | 3 |
| shift energy demands | skill | essential | 3 |
| smart grids systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise electricity distribution operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| sustainable technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| synthesise information | skill | essential | 3 |
| technical drawings | skill | essential | 3 |
| test electromechanical systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| think abstractly | skill | essential | 3 |
| troubleshoot | skill | essential | 3 |
| types of alarm systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| use technical drawing software | skill | essential | 3 |
| vehicle electrical systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| acoustics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| address problems critically | skill | desirable | 2 |
| adjust voltage | skill | desirable | 2 |
| align software with system architectures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| analyse big data | skill | desirable | 2 |
| analyse energy market trends | skill | desirable | 2 |
| analyse production processes for improvement | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply blended learning | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply for research funding | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply soldering techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assemble hardware components | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assemble mechatronic units | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assemble sensors | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Assembly (computer programming) | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assess hydrogen production technologies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assess operating cost | skill | desirable | 2 |
| battery components | skill | desirable | 2 |
| battery fluids | skill | desirable | 2 |
| biogas energy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| biomedical engineering | skill | desirable | 2 |
| biotechnology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| build business relationships | skill | desirable | 2 |
| business intelligence | skill | desirable | 2 |
| C# | tool | desirable | 2 |
| C++ | tool | desirable | 2 |
| CAD software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| CAE software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| CAM software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| chemical products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| collaborate with designers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| combined heat and power generation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate with a non-scientific audience | skill | desirable | 2 |
| conduct research across disciplines | skill | desirable | 2 |
| control engineering | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate communication within a team | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate electricity generation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate engineering teams | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create electrical wiring diagram | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create technical plans | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Data Analysis | skill | desirable | 2 |
| data mining | skill | desirable | 2 |
| data mining methods | skill | desirable | 2 |
| data storage | skill | desirable | 2 |
| define manufacturing quality criteria | skill | desirable | 2 |
| design a mini wind power system | skill | desirable | 2 |
| design an electric heating system | skill | desirable | 2 |
| design automation components | skill | desirable | 2 |
| design firmware | skill | desirable | 2 |
| design principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| design sensors | skill | desirable | 2 |
| design user interface | skill | desirable | 2 |
| design utility equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop product design | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop professional network with researchers and scientists | skill | desirable | 2 |
| disseminate results to the scientific community | skill | desirable | 2 |
| domestic cooling systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| draft bill of materials | skill | desirable | 2 |
| draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| electrical wiring plans | skill | desirable | 2 |
| electric heating systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| electricity market | skill | desirable | 2 |
| engineering control theory | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ensure equipment availability | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ensure equipment maintenance | skill | desirable | 2 |
| evaluate research activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| examine engineering principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| execute software tests | skill | desirable | 2 |
| firmware | skill | desirable | 2 |
| fuel gas | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hardware components | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hardware materials | skill | desirable | 2 |
| health and safety in the workplace | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hybrid control systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hydraulics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hydroelectricity | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ICT communications protocols | skill | desirable | 2 |
| increase the impact of science on policy and society | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| information extraction | skill | desirable | 2 |
| information structure | skill | desirable | 2 |
| innovation processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| inspect industrial equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| install automation components | skill | desirable | 2 |
| install circuit breakers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| install hydraulic systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| install mechatronic equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| install operating system | skill | desirable | 2 |
| instruct on energy saving technologies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| instrumentation equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| integrated circuits | skill | desirable | 2 |
| integrate gender dimension in research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain electrical equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain hydraulic systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain robotic equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain safe engineering watches | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain sensor equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage intellectual property rights | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage open publications | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage system testing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage workflow processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| marine engineering | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maritime law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mechatronics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mentor individuals | skill | desirable | 2 |
| microelectromechanical systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| microelectronics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| microsensors | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mining engineering | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mini wind power generation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| model hardware | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor electric generators | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor machine operations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor mine costs | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor mine production | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor nuclear power plant systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor utility equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| nanotechnology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Objective-C | skill | desirable | 2 |
| offshore renewable energy technologies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate battery test equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate hydraulic machinery controls | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate hydraulic pumps | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate hydrogen extraction equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate precision machinery | skill | desirable | 2 |
| optoelectronics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform a feasibility study on mini wind power | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform data mining | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform feasibility study on geothermal energy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform resource planning | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform test run | skill | desirable | 2 |
| PHP | tool | desirable | 2 |
| power electronics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| precision mechanics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prepare assembly drawings | skill | desirable | 2 |
| present reports | skill | desirable | 2 |
| process customer orders | skill | desirable | 2 |
| product data management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| program firmware | skill | desirable | 2 |
| promote open innovation in research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| promote the transfer of knowledge | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide ICT system training | skill | desirable | 2 |
| publish academic research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| quality standards | skill | desirable | 2 |
| R | tool | desirable | 2 |
| radars | skill | desirable | 2 |
| repair battery components | skill | desirable | 2 |
| research ocean energy projects | skill | desirable | 2 |
| resolve equipment malfunctions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Risk Management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| robotic components | skill | desirable | 2 |
| select sustainable technologies in design | skill | desirable | 2 |
| simulate mechatronic design concepts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| SketchBook Pro | skill | desirable | 2 |
| speak different languages | skill | desirable | 2 |
| statistical analysis system software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supervise crew | skill | desirable | 2 |
| support ICT system users | skill | desirable | 2 |
| teach in academic or vocational contexts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| test mechatronic units | skill | desirable | 2 |
| test microelectronics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| test procedures in electricity transmission | skill | desirable | 2 |
| test sensors | skill | desirable | 2 |
| train employees | skill | desirable | 2 |
| transmission technology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| transmission towers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| unstructured data | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use CAD software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use CAE software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use CAM software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use precision tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use remote control equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use specific data analysis software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use technical documentation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| utilise decision support system | skill | desirable | 2 |
| utilise machine learning | skill | desirable | 2 |
| VBScript | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Visual Basic | tool | desirable | 2 |
| visual presentation techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| wear appropriate protective gear | skill | desirable | 2 |
| wire harnesses | skill | desirable | 2 |
| write routine reports | skill | desirable | 2 |
| write scientific publications | skill | desirable | 2 |
| write specifications | skill | desirable | 2 |