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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
S8.4.0 - operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials
S8.4.1 - operating mining, drilling and mineral processing machinery
S8.4.2 - operating metal processing and finishing machinery
S8.4.3 - operating pumping systems or equipment
S8.4.4 - operating energy production or distribution equipment
S8.4.5 - operating petroleum, chemical or water processing systems or equipment
S8.4.6 - operating wood processing and papermaking machinery
S8.4.7 - operating kilns, furnaces and drying equipment
- adjust burner controls
- adjust clay burning level
- adjust curing ovens
- adjust drying process to goods
- adjust glass sheets
- adjust liquefaction temperature
- apply wood kiln drying technologies
- control gas-fired furnace for malt roasting
- control limestone flow
- dry wood
- extract materials from furnace
- light auxiliary gas jets
- maintain furnace temperature
- maintain glass thickness
- manage different ceramic firing techniques
- manage kiln ventilation
- manage time in furnace operations
- monitor end-product drying process
- operate a ceramics kiln
- operate cremation equipment
- operate drying blowers
- operate furnace
- operate heat treatment furnace
- operate smelter
- operate tobacco drying technology
- operate waste incinerator
- perform kiln fermentation of tobacco leaves
- preheat kiln car
- prepare kiln firebox
- prepare kiln schedules
- prevent kiln loss of heat
- restore trays
- tend asbestos blower
- tend drawing kiln
- tend drying equipment
- tend drying tunnels
- tend kiln for glass painting
- tend lehr
- tend lime-kiln
- tend pyrotechnics drying room
- tend tunnel kiln
- use drying equipment for vehicles
S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products
S8.6 - using precision instrumentation and 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

control kiln firing

skills

working with machinery and specialised equipment

operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials

operating kilns, furnaces and drying equipment

control kiln firing

Description

Description

Control and monitor the kiln so that it fires ware (greenware or deorations) according to specified thickness and hardness.

Alternative Labels

controlling kiln firing

kiln firing controlling

kiln firing monitoring

monitoring kiln firing

monitor kiln firing

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skill

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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 v1.1.2 (Last update 22/02/2024)