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K - knowledge
L - language skills and knowledge
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S1 - communication, collaboration and creativity
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S3 - assisting and caring
S3.0 - assisting and caring
S3.1 - counselling
S3.2 - providing health care or medical treatments
S3.2.0 - providing health care or medical treatments
S3.2.1 - providing medical, dental and nursing care
S3.2.2 - performing surgical procedures
S3.2.3 - providing physical therapies
- adjust physiotherapy interventions
- administer hydrotherapy
- apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport
- apply deep tissue massage
- apply massage therapy
- apply specific manual chiropractic techniques
- apply sports massage
- apply thermotherapy
- assist in performing physical exercises
- conduct cupping therapy
- conduct pregnancy massages
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- develop osteopathic treatment plans
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- provide advanced clinical practice in physiotherapy
- provide chiropractic maternal healthcare
- provide chiropractic paediatric healthcare
- provide clinical chiropractic neurology
- provide individual exercise programmes
- provide neuromusculoskeletal therapy
S3.2.4 - providing psychological and occupational therapies
S3.2.5 - prescribing and ordering medical tests, treatments or devices
S3.2.6 - fitting assistive devices
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S3.5 - preparing and serving food and drinks
S3.6 - providing general personal care
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T - transversal skills and competences

This concept is obsolete

give shiatsu massages

skills

assisting and caring

providing general personal care

assisting with personal needs

give massages

give shiatsu massages

Concept overview

Description

Perform massages on clients to reduce their stress and pain according to the shiatsu principles, based on the theoretical framework of traditional Chinese medicine.

Alternative Labels

apply shiatsu massage techniques

perform shiatsu massage

give a shiatsu massage

perform shiatsu massages

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

sector specific skills and competences

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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)