Handle fuels

Description

Handle and store fuels and assess their potential risks and dangers.

Alternative labels

store and handle fuels
work with fuels
store and assess fuels
manage fuels
perform fuel handling and storage activities
deal with fuels
conduct fuel handling and storage activities
operate with fuels
assess and store fuels

Skill type

skill/competence

Skill reusability level

cross-sector

Relationships with occupations

Essential skill

Handle fuels is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Aircraft fuel system operator: Aircraft fuel system operators maintain fuel distribution systems and ensure the refuelling of planes. 
Welder:
Welders operate welding equipment in order to join metal workpieces together. They can use fusion welding processes based on different techniques and materials. They also perform simple visual inspection of welds.

Optional skill

Handle fuels is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Solderer: Solderers operate various equipment and machinery such as gas torches, soldering irons, welding machines, or electric-ultrasonic equipment in order to solder together two or more items (usually metals), by melting and forming a metal filler in between the joints, the filler metal has a lower melting point than the adjoining metal. 
Brazier: Braziers operate various equipment and machinery such as torches, soldering irons, fluxes and welding machines in order to join two metal pieces together, by heating, melting and forming a metal filler inbetween them, often brass or copper. Brazing can join metals such as aluminum, silver, copper, gold, and nickel. Brazing is a similar process to soldering but requires higher temperatures. 

 
Aircraft marshaller: Aircraft marshallers signal pilots to assist them in operations such as turning, slowing down, stopping, and shutting down engines. They lead aircrafts to their parking stands or to the runway. They also indicate directions to the pilots by driving a “follow-me” car.
Stevedore: Stevedores sort, handle, load and unload freight into over-the-road equipment in accordance with oral and written instructions, as well as state regulations. They move freight such as boxes, bulky items, or even large pallets of goods to and from storage areas and onto transport vehicles.

 


 

References

  1. Handle fuels – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022