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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
S6.0 - handling and moving
S6.1 - sorting and packaging goods and materials
S6.2 - moving and lifting
S6.3 - transforming and blending materials
S6.4 - tending plants and crops
S6.5 - assembling and fabricating products
S6.5.0 - assembling and fabricating products
S6.5.1 - fabricating precision instruments or jewellery
S6.5.2 - fabricating medical and prosthetic devices
S6.5.3 - assembling electrical and electronic products
S6.5.4 - assembling mechanical products
S6.5.5 - assembling furniture
S6.5.6 - fabricating garments and textile products
S6.5.7 - fabricating food and related products
S6.5.8 - fabricating tobacco products
- administer additives to tobacco
- air-cure tobacco
- assure quality of tobacco leaves
- blend tobacco leaves
- collect final tobacco product
- dry tobacco leaves
- ferment stacks of tobacco leaves
- flavour tobacco leaves
- flue-cure tobacco
- grade tobacco leaves
- perform detailed tobacco manufacturing operations
- perform tobacco leaves conditioning
- pre-blend tobacco leaves
- regulate flow of shredded tobacco
- separate tobacco shreds by size
- sun-cure tobacco
- tie tobacco leaves in hands
- use hand tools to make tobacco products
S6.6 - making moulds, casts, models and patterns
S6.7 - using hand tools
S6.9 - handling animals
S6.11 - cleaning
S6.12 - washing and maintaining textiles and clothing
S6.13 - handling and disposing of waste and hazardous materials
S7 - constructing
S8 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
T - transversal skills and competences

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cure tobacco leaves

skills

handling and moving

assembling and fabricating products

fabricating tobacco products

cure tobacco leaves

Concept overview

Description

Remove the moisture out of the tobacco leaves directly after harvesting them through various processes such as air curing, flue curing or sun curing.

Alternative Labels

cure a tobacco leaf

dry tobacco leaves

preserve tobacco leaves

smoke tobacco leaves

temper tobacco leaves

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

sector specific skills and competences

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Narrower skills

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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)