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K - knowledge
L - language skills and knowledge
S - skills
S1 - communication, collaboration and creativity
S2 - information skills
S3 - assisting and caring
S4 - management skills
S5 - working with computers
S6 - handling and moving
S7 - constructing
S8 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
S8.0 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
S8.1 - operating mobile plant
S8.2 - driving vehicles
S8.3 - operating watercraft
S8.4 - operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials
S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products
S8.6 - using precision instrumentation and equipment
S8.6.0 - using precision instrumentation and equipment
S8.6.1 - operating medical equipment
S8.6.2 - operating audio-visual equipment
S8.6.3 - operating scientific and laboratory equipment
S8.6.4 - operating communications equipment
S8.6.5 - operating precision industrial equipment
S8.6.6 - using precision measuring equipment
- adjust measuring machines
- adjust surveying equipment
- manage instrumentation systems
- measure chemical substance viscosity
- measure density of liquids
- operate battery test equipment
- operate biogas meter
- operate electronic measuring instruments
- operate optical measuring equipment
- operate pavement surface friction measuring devices
- operate precision measuring equipment
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- operate surveying instruments
- operate theodolite
- operate traditional water depth measurement equipment
- operate weighing machine
- perform electrical geophysical measurements
- perform electromagnetic geophysical measurements
- read electricity meter
- read gas meter
- read heat meter
- read water meter
- test gas purity
- use 3D scanners for clothing
- use instruments for food measurement
- use lensometer
- use measurement instruments
- use pest detection sensors
- use sound measuring instruments
S8.7 - installing, maintaining and repairing mechanical equipment
S8.8 - installing, maintaining and repairing electrical, electronic and precision equipment
S8.9 - operating aircraft
T - transversal skills and competences

calibrate precision instrument

transversal skills and competences

thinking skills and competences

processing information, ideas and concepts

think critically

calibrate precision instrument

skills

working with machinery and specialised equipment

using precision instrumentation and equipment

using precision measuring equipment

calibrate precision instrument

calibrate precision instrument

Description

Description

Examine the precision instruments and assess whether the instrument meets the quality standards and production specifications. Correct and adjust the reliability by measuring output and comparing results with the data of a reference device or a set of standardised results.

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calibrating precision instruments

examine precision instruments

examining precision instruments

inspecting precision instruments

inspect precision instruments

precision instrument calibrating

precision instrument examining

precision instrument inspecting

precision instruments calibrating

precision instruments examining

precision instruments inspecting

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

cross-sector skills and competences

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Narrower skills

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ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative.

DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission developed ESCO in collaboration with stakeholders and with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).

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Current version: ESCO v1.2 (Last update 15/05/2024)