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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
S6.6 - making moulds, casts, models and patterns
S6.7 - using hand tools
S6.7.0 - using hand tools
S6.7.1 - cutting materials and drilling holes
- adjust cut sizes
- adjust paper cutter
- build up rubber plies
- create cutting plan
- create rough cut
- cut carpet
- cut filament
- cut footwear uppers
- cut gem stones
- cut glass
- cut house wrap
- cut insulation material to size
- cut keys
- cut metal products
- cut ornamental design
- cut page edges
- cut resilient flooring materials
- cut rubber plies
- cut rubberized fabrics
- cut slabs
- cut stair carriages
- cut textiles
- cut tiles
- cut tobacco leaves
- cut vacuum formed workpiece
- cut wall chases
- cut wallpaper to size
- cut wires
- drill holes in tile
- fix knife blades
- handle knives for cutting activities
- handle knives for meat processing activities
- handle saw securely
- insert wick
- maintain edged hand tools
- operate chainsaw
- operate circular saw
- operate crosscut saw
- operate drilling equipment
- operate hand drill
- operate manual planer
- operate masonry power saw
- prepare roofing materials
- remove bead straps
- saw off filament mandrel pins
- set end stops
- split animal carcasses
- strip wire
- transfer designs on workpiece
- trim excess material
- use carbon sheets
- use cutting equipment
- use food cutting tools
- use sheet metal shears
- use stone splitting techniques
- use turning tools
- use wood carving knives
S6.7.2 - shaping materials to create products
S6.7.3 - smoothing surfaces of objects or equipment
S6.7.4 - using precision hand tools
S6.7.5 - hammering, nailing and riveting
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

This concept is obsolete

cut fabrics

skills

handling and moving

using hand tools

cutting materials and drilling holes

cut fabrics

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Description

Cut fabrics and other wearing apparel materials considering measures, placement of the fabrics in the cutting table in multiple layers, and making the most efficient usage of the fabric avoiding waste. Cut fabrics by hand, or using electric knives, or other cutting tools depending on the fabric. Use computerised systems or automatic cutting machines.

Alternative Labels

cut fabric

cutting fabrics

snip fabrics

trim fabrics

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 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)