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Overview
The work connects field checks and technical documentation: measuring water quality, testing treatment processes, following pipeline routes, checking equipment and reporting issues that affect safe water operations.
In job descriptions, look for hydraulics, pipelines, water-quality parameters, sampling, treatment equipment, route surveys, equipment maintenance, environmental compliance routines and cooperation with engineers or site teams.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Water systems engineering technicians link engineering plans with site conditions. They may inspect pipelines, test water, check treatment equipment, follow supply schedules and document findings for engineers or operations teams.
Skills and specialization
Useful depth includes hydraulics, pipeline types, water-quality parameters, sampling, treatment and disinfection equipment, route surveys, flaw detection, personal protection equipment and environmental compliance routines.
Salary context
Pay should be read through technical responsibility, field work, testing duties, equipment oversight, documentation load, independence on site and whether the role supports design changes or operational maintenance.
Career paths
A path can start in civil engineering support, utilities operations, water treatment, site inspection or technical drafting and develop toward pipeline projects, treatment-plant operations, design support or environmental monitoring.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names water supply, water treatment, pipelines, sampling, quality parameters, route surveys, equipment maintenance, reporting lines and how urgent faults are escalated.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or occupation-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Water collection, treatment and supply
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include desalination technician and water plant technician.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Water/Wastewater Engineers
17-2051.02
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
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Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
36.0Water collection, treatment and supply39.0Remediation activities and other waste management service activities
Alternative labels
water pumping systems engineering technician
water treatment systems engineering technician
flood defence engineering technician
water resource engineering technician
flood prevention engineering technician
water supply systems engineering technician
clean water systems engineering technician
drinking water systems engineering technician
water pipeline systems engineering technician
water treatment engineering technician
water systems installation engineering technician
water supply engineering technician
water pipelines engineering technician
Occupation group
civil engineering technician (3112.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/13331bd9-0599-47c0-9812-29650c218de3 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3112.1.13 |
| ISCO group | 3112 |
| Concept type | Occupation |