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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
- administer chemicals to starch production
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- carry out quality control in microbiology laboratories
- conduct laboratory chemical research on metals
- detect microorganisms
- determine crystalline structure
- determine origin of gemstones
- develop biocatalytic processes
- examine cell specimens microscopically
- grow cultures used in monitoring experiments
- handle freight inspection equipment
- immerse gemstones in chemical liquid
- locate fossils
- operate echo sounding equipment
- operate meteorological instruments
- operate microscope
- operate photoreactors
- operate remote sensing equipment
- operate seismic equipment
- operate telescopes
- perform chemical experiments
- perform fertility laboratory procedures
- perform laboratory investigations
- perform laboratory tests on footwear or leather goods
- perform PCR covid test
- perform scientific experiments in space
- perform screening for infectious diseases
- predict earthquakes
- recognise fake goods
- restore art using scientific methods
- run laboratory simulations
- use chemical analysis equipment
- use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs
- use gemstone identification equipment
- use laboratory equipment
- use seismometers
- use specialised equipment
- use technical equipment for sterilisation
- use technology for forensics
- use ultrasonic equipment
S8.6.4 - operating communications equipment
S8.6.5 - operating precision industrial equipment
S8.6.6 - using precision measuring 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

This concept is obsolete

perform laboratory tests

skills

working with machinery and specialised equipment

using precision instrumentation and equipment

operating scientific and laboratory equipment

perform laboratory tests

Concept overview

Description

Carry out tests in a laboratory to produce reliable and precise data to support scientific research and product testing.

Alternative Labels

conduct laboratory tests

performing laboratory tests

engage in laboratory tests

laboratory testing

carry out laboratory tests

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

cross-sector skills and competences

Relationships

Broader concepts

Narrower skills

Essential for

Optional for

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DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission developed ESCO in collaboration with stakeholders.

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Current version: ESCO v1.2.1 (Last update 10/12/2025)