3. Defining professions

3.1 ROME directory

The precise definition of all maintenance professions is not obvious. Until recently, these professions were not even included in official job classifications, such as the ROME (Répertoire opérationnel des métiers et des emplois) published by the ANPE [1] .

It wasn't until the introduction of maintenance-specific training courses in the French education system in the late 1970s that the first job descriptions appeared, and it wasn't until the 1990s that this...