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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
S8.2.0 - driving vehicles
S8.2.1 - driving heavy vehicles
- comply with policies for trolley bus driving
- drive ambulance under emergency conditions
- drive ambulance under non-emergency conditions
- drive chipper truck
- drive firetruck under emergency conditions
- drive heavy duty trucks for snow removal
- drive waste collection vehicle
- manoeuvre bus
- operate armoured fighting vehicles
- operate concrete mixer truck
- operate dump truck
- operate emergency vehicle
- operate towtruck
- transfer fish
S8.2.2 - driving light vehicles
S8.2.3 - operating rail 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
S8.7 - 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

manoeuvre heavy trucks

skills

working with machinery and specialised equipment

driving vehicles

driving heavy vehicles

manoeuvre heavy trucks

Description

Description

Drive, manoeuvre and park tractors, trailers and lorries on roads, around tight corners, and in parking spaces.

Alternative Labels

control movement of heavy goods vehicles

control movement of lorries

control movement of trucks

drive heavy goods vehicles

drive heavy trucks

drive lorries

maneuver heavy trucks

manipulate movement of heavy goods vehicles

manipulate movement of lorries

manipulate movement of trucks

manoeuvre heavy goods vehicles

manoeuvre lorries

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skill

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cross-sector skills and competences

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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)