3.2 KiB
3.2 KiB
Competences — thermal engineer
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/afbe50b0-6634-4677-a3e7-0aada10cb9a7).
Essential
- adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
- approve engineering design (skill/competence)
- design an electric heating system (skill/competence)
- design engineering components (skill/competence)
- design passive energy measures (skill/competence)
- design thermal equipment (skill/competence)
- design thermal requirements (skill/competence)
- engineering principles (knowledge)
- engineering processes (knowledge)
- fluid mechanics (knowledge)
- heat transfer processes (knowledge)
- interpret 2D plans (skill/competence)
- interpret 3D plans (skill/competence)
- manage engineering project (skill/competence)
- mechanical engineering (knowledge)
- mechanics (knowledge)
- operate solar thermal energy systems for hot water and heating (skill/competence)
- perform a feasibility study on electric heating (skill/competence)
- perform a feasibility study on heat pumps (skill/competence)
- perform scientific research (skill/competence)
- provide information on geothermal heat pumps (skill/competence)
- sustainable technologies (knowledge)
- technical drawings (knowledge)
- thermal materials (knowledge)
- thermodynamics (knowledge)
- troubleshoot (skill/competence)
- use technical drawing software (skill/competence)
- use thermal analysis (skill/competence)
- use thermal management (skill/competence)
Optional
- assess energy consumption of ventilation systems (skill/competence)
- CAD software (knowledge)
- combined heat and power generation (knowledge)
- communicate with customers (skill/competence)
- computational fluid dynamics (knowledge)
- design a solar absorption cooling system (skill/competence)
- design a solar heating system (skill/competence)
- design firmware (skill/competence)
- design heat pump installations (skill/competence)
- design hot water systems (skill/competence)
- design prototypes (skill/competence)
- develop product design (skill/competence)
- develop software prototype (skill/competence)
- distribution of heating cooling and hot water (knowledge)
- ensure equipment cooling (skill/competence)
- follow company standards (skill/competence)
- identify fitted source for heat pumps (skill/competence)
- operate climate control (skill/competence)
- oversee quality control (skill/competence)
- perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power (skill/competence)
- perform feasibility study on solar heating (skill/competence)
- power engineering (knowledge)
- report test findings (skill/competence)
- use testing equipment (skill/competence)
- wear appropriate protective gear (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 49 ads, as of 2026-07-20)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- thermal analysis — 47 %
- thermal design — 29 %
- heat transfer analysis — 22 %
- heat transfer — 18 %
- thermal modeling — 18 %