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# Competences — maintenance and repair engineer
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/615920c5-4f63-4eb3-8b60-afaaed3ab1ff).
## Essential
- **advise on efficiency improvements** (skill/competence)
- **conduct quality control analysis** (skill/competence)
- **conduct routine machinery checks** (skill/competence)
- **create solutions to problems** (skill/competence)
- **engineering principles** (knowledge)
- **engineering processes** (knowledge)
- **inspect industrial equipment** (skill/competence)
- **inspect machinery** (skill/competence)
- **maintain equipment** (skill/competence)
- **maintain machinery** (skill/competence)
- **maintenance operations** (knowledge)
- **manage budgets** (skill/competence)
- **mechanics** (knowledge)
- **perform machine maintenance** (skill/competence)
- **perform test run** (skill/competence)
- **quality assurance procedures** (knowledge)
- **resolve equipment malfunctions** (skill/competence)
- **troubleshoot** (skill/competence)
- **use testing equipment** (skill/competence)
- **work safely with machines** (skill/competence)
- **write technical reports** (skill/competence)
## Optional
- analyse big data (skill/competence)
- analyse test data (skill/competence)
- apply technical communication skills (skill/competence)
- assemble mechatronic units (skill/competence)
- assemble sensors (skill/competence)
- automation technology (knowledge)
- battery chemistry (knowledge)
- battery components (knowledge)
- battery fluids (knowledge)
- business intelligence (knowledge)
- chemical products (knowledge)
- cloud technologies (knowledge)
- collaborate with designers (skill/competence)
- communication (knowledge)
- control engineering (knowledge)
- coordinate communication within a team (skill/competence)
- data analytics (knowledge)
- data mining (knowledge)
- data mining methods (knowledge)
- data storage (knowledge)
- design automation components (skill/competence)
- develop strategy to solve problems (skill/competence)
- electricity (knowledge)
- electronics (knowledge)
- environmental management standards (knowledge)
- estimate restoration costs (skill/competence)
- execute software tests (skill/competence)
- fuel gas (knowledge)
- hydraulics (knowledge)
- hydroelectricity (knowledge)
- information extraction (knowledge)
- information structure (knowledge)
- innovation processes (knowledge)
- install automation components (skill/competence)
- install hydraulic systems (skill/competence)
- install mechatronic equipment (skill/competence)
- lead process optimisation (skill/competence)
- maintain hydraulic systems (skill/competence)
- maintain nuclear reactors (skill/competence)
- maintain power plants (skill/competence)
- maintain robotic equipment (skill/competence)
- maintain sensor equipment (skill/competence)
- marine engineering (knowledge)
- mechatronics (knowledge)
- nuclear energy (knowledge)
- offshore renewable energy technologies (knowledge)
- operate battery test equipment (skill/competence)
- operate hydraulic machinery controls (skill/competence)
- operate hydraulic pumps (skill/competence)
- operate hydrogen extraction equipment (skill/competence)
- optimise production (skill/competence)
- optimise production processes parameters (skill/competence)
- perform data analysis (skill/competence)
- perform data mining (skill/competence)
- perform maintenance on installed equipment (skill/competence)
- perform risk analysis (skill/competence)
- pneumatics (knowledge)
- provide customer information related to repairs (skill/competence)
- quality standards (knowledge)
- read standard blueprints (skill/competence)
- record test data (skill/competence)
- renewable energy (knowledge)
- repair battery components (skill/competence)
- research ocean energy projects (skill/competence)
- robotic components (knowledge)
- robotics (knowledge)
- sensors (knowledge)
- simulate mechatronic design concepts (skill/competence)
- solve technical problems (skill/competence)
- statistical analysis system software (knowledge)
- test mechatronic units (skill/competence)
- test sensors (skill/competence)
- total quality control (knowledge)
- unstructured data (knowledge)
- use computerised maintenance management systems (skill/competence)
- use remote control equipment (skill/competence)
- use specific data analysis software (skill/competence)
- utilise decision support system (skill/competence)
- utilise machine learning (skill/competence)
- visual presentation techniques (knowledge)
- write records for repairs (skill/competence)
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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 12 ads, as of 2026-07-15)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
### Hard skills
- troubleshooting — **42 %**
- root cause analysis — **33 %**
- process improvement — **25 %**
- project management — **25 %**
- technical documentation — **25 %**
- equipment maintenance — **25 %**
- manufacturing process development — **25 %**
- manufacturing engineering — **17 %**
- continuous improvement — **17 %**
- tooling design — **17 %**
### Methods
- six sigma — **25 %**
- preventive maintenance — **25 %**
- continuous improvement — **17 %**
- lean manufacturing — **17 %**
### Responsibilities
- manufacturing issue troubleshooting — **17 %**
- production support — **17 %**
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