Profession water engineering technician

Water systems engineering technicians aid engineers in the development and implementation of water supply and water treatment systems. They monitor the operations to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, check water quality and ensure implementation of water-related legislation.

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Personality Type

Knowledge

  • Hydraulics

    The power transmission systems that use the force of flowing liquids to transmit power.

  • Water policies

    Have a solid understanding of policies, strategies, institutions, and regulations concerning water.

  • Types of pipelines

    Know various types of pipelines and their different usages. Differentiate between pipelines used to transport goods over short and long distances, and understand their respective feeding systems.

Skills

  • Use personal protection equipment

    Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.

  • Ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures

    Ensure that the regulations for pipeline operations are met. Ensure pipeline infrastructure compliance with legal mandates, and compliance with regulations governing the transportation of goods via the pipelines.

  • Perform follow-up on pipeline route services

    Perform follow-up activities related to the plan, the distribution schedule, and the service yielded by the pipeline infrastructure. Ensure that pipeline route assignments are accomplished and meet customer agreements.

  • Monitor water quality

    Measure water quality: temperature, oxygen, salinity, pH, N2, NO2,NH4, CO2, turbidity, chlorophyll. Monitor microbiological water quality.

  • Measure water quality parameters

    Quality assure water by taking into consideration various elements, such as temperature.

  • Ensure compliance with environmental legislation

    Monitor activities and perform tasks ensuring compliance with standards involving environmental protection and sustainability, and amend activities in the case of changes in environmental legislation. Ensure that the processes are compliant with environment regulations and best practices.

  • Perform water testing procedures

    Conduct testing procedures on water quality, such as pH tests and dissolved solids. Understand instrumentation drawings.

Optional knowledge and skills

perform water treatments ensure equipment availability adjust engineering designs detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure use water disinfection equipment survey sites for pipeline installation ensure equipment maintenance prevent pipeline deterioration flood remediation equipment regulate the flow of substances in pipelines maintain water distribution equipment maintain water treatment equipment follow water supply schedule analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects test pipeline infrastructure operations ensure proper water storage

Source: Sisyphus ODB