Description
Turn valves and place baffles in troughs to adjust the volume, depth, discharge, and temperature of water as specified.
Alternative labels
ensuring specified water characteristics
maintaining specified water characteristics
ensure specified water characteristics
specified water characteristics maintaining
specified water characteristics ensuring
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
sector-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Maintain specified water characteristics is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Water plant technician: Water plant technicians maintain and repair water treatment and supply equipment in a water plant. They ensure the provision of clean water by measuring the water quality, ensuring it is filtered and treated correctly, and maintaining distribution systems.
Wastewater treatment technician: Wastewater treatment technicians aid wastewater treatment operators in the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment equipment, and the purification procedure of wastewater, in sewage plants. They perform repair duties.
Aquaculture recirculation technician: Aquaculture recirculation technicians operate and control the production processes of aquatic organisms in land-based recirculation systems, which utilise water re-use processes and the operation of pumping, aerating, heating, lighting and biofilter equipment as well as backup power systems.
Optional skill
Maintain specified water characteristics 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.
Wastewater treatment operator: Wastewater treatment operators operate equipment used in a water or wastewater plant. They treat and clean drinking water before it is distributed to the consumer and process wastewater to remove harmful substances before returning it to rivers and seas. They take samples and perform tests to analyse the water quality.
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