# Competences — soil surveying technician

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/84cb6e91-ce11-409e-9306-23c9698631af).

## Essential

- **adjust surveying equipment** (skill/competence)
- **apply safety procedures in laboratory** (skill/competence)
- **collect samples** (skill/competence)
- **collect samples for analysis** (skill/competence)
- **conduct field work** (skill/competence)
- **conduct soil sample tests** (skill/competence)
- **ecology** (knowledge)
- **ensure compliance with safety legislation** (skill/competence)
- **environmental legislation** (knowledge)
- **gather experimental data** (skill/competence)
- **geology** (knowledge)
- **laboratory techniques** (knowledge)
- **operate surveying instruments** (skill/competence)
- **perform laboratory tests** (skill/competence)
- **prepare surveying report** (skill/competence)
- **soil mechanics** (knowledge)
- **soil science** (knowledge)
- **soil structure** (knowledge)
- **write work-related reports** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- advise on nature conservation (skill/competence)
- agroforestry (knowledge)
- agronomy (knowledge)
- biology (knowledge)
- cartography (knowledge)
- civil engineering (knowledge)
- conduct land surveys (skill/competence)
- engineering principles (knowledge)
- engineering processes (knowledge)
- geography (knowledge)
- mathematics (knowledge)
- monitor geotechnical structures (skill/competence)
- perform scientific research (skill/competence)
- pollution prevention (knowledge)
- record survey data (skill/competence)
- surveying (knowledge)
- surveying methods (knowledge)
- topography (knowledge)