# Competences — waste treatment engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ab4dd4f9-ee6c-41cc-8b72-42ad0b13d1e2).

## Essential

- **adjust engineering designs** (skill/competence)
- **advise on waste management procedures** (skill/competence)
- **approve engineering design** (skill/competence)
- **assess environmental impact** (skill/competence)
- **characteristics of waste** (knowledge)
- **circular economy** (knowledge)
- **develop hazardous waste management strategies** (skill/competence)
- **develop non-hazardous waste management strategies** (skill/competence)
- **develop waste management processes** (skill/competence)
- **energy** (knowledge)
- **energy market** (knowledge)
- **engineering principles** (knowledge)
- **engineering processes** (knowledge)
- **environmental legislation** (knowledge)
- **maintain waste collection records** (skill/competence)
- **monitor legislation developments** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **technical drawings** (knowledge)
- **use technical drawing software** (skill/competence)
- **waste and scrap products** (knowledge)

## Optional

- advise on environmental remediation (skill/competence)
- advise on environmental risk management systems (skill/competence)
- advise on pollution prevention (skill/competence)
- analyse experimental laboratory data (skill/competence)
- assess waste type (skill/competence)
- decontamination techniques (knowledge)
- develop environmental remediation strategies (skill/competence)
- develop radiation protection strategies (skill/competence)
- document analysis results (skill/competence)
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations (skill/competence)
- ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations (skill/competence)
- hazardous waste types (knowledge)
- instruct employees on radiation protection (skill/competence)
- liaise with local authorities (skill/competence)
- manage environmental impact of operations (skill/competence)
- monitor disposal of radioactive substances (skill/competence)
- monitor radiation levels (skill/competence)
- monitor waste treatment equipment (skill/competence)
- perform risk analysis (skill/competence)
- pollution legislation (knowledge)
- pollution prevention (knowledge)
- promote environmental awareness (skill/competence)
- radiation protection (knowledge)
- radioactive contamination (knowledge)
- report test findings (skill/competence)
- test samples for pollutants (skill/competence)
- use testing equipment (skill/competence)