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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
S6.1.0 - sorting and packaging goods and materials
S6.1.1 - sorting materials or products
- allocate numbers to clients' belongings
- carry out cross merchandising
- carry out stock rotation
- check stability of materials
- classify audio-visual products
- classify books
- collect broken appliances
- collect items for laundry service
- control pyrotechnics stock
- differentiate between airfield lighting
- differentiate honey depending on the origin
- differentiate types of packages
- distinguish lumber categories
- grade candles
- grade foods
- grade patterns for wearing apparel
- grade young fish
- identify plants characteristics
- identify sanding grits
- inspect dry cleaning materials
- manage donated goods in second-hand shop
- meet picking standards
- operate voice picking systems
- read care labels
- read checked baggage tags
- remove defective products
- remove inadequate workpieces
- route correspondence to business departments
- segregate raw materials
- select adequate ingredients
- select apples
- select aquaculture equipment
- select design elements
- select equipment required for moving activities
- select fibreglass
- select fruits and vegetables
- select gems for jewellery
- select intraocular lenses for surgery
- select items for auction
- select livestock
- select material to process
- select materials for orthodontic appliances
- select metals for jewellery
- select pattern material
- select photos
- select soap shaping plate
- select unshelled almonds
- select well equipment
- send faulty equipment back to assembly line
- separate by-products of pressed cocoa
- sort cut parts of carcasses inside cooling compartments
- sort textile items
- sort tobacco leaves
- sort waste
S6.1.2 - marking materials or objects for identification
S6.1.3 - packaging objects
S6.2 - moving and lifting
S6.3 - transforming and blending materials
S6.4 - tending plants and crops
S6.5 - assembling and fabricating 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

assess waste type

skills

handling and moving

sorting and packaging goods and materials

sorting materials or products

assess waste type

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Description

Identify waste materials during collection and sorting operations in order to assess whether they need to be recycled, disposed of, or otherwise be treated.

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assessing waste type

evaluate waste type

evaluating waste type

waste type assessing

waste type evaluating

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skill

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sector specific 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)