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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
- calibrate precision instrument
- 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 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

use measurement instruments

transversal skills and competences

physical and manual skills and competences

manipulating and controlling objects and equipment

use equipment, tools or technology with precision

use measurement instruments

skills

working with machinery and specialised equipment

using precision instrumentation and equipment

using precision measuring equipment

use measurement instruments

use measurement instruments

Description

Description

Use different measurement instruments depending on the property to be measured. Utilise various instruments to measure length, area, volume, speed, energy, force, and others.

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carry out measurements using equipment

operate measurement instruments

perform measurements using instruments

perform measurements using tools and instruments

take measurements using specialised equipment

take various measurements using apparatus

take various measurements using instruments

take various measurements using measuring devices

use measurement apparatus

use measurement devices

utilise measurement apparatus

utilise measurement devices

utilise measurement instruments

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skill

Skill reusability level

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)