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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
- check water pressure
- contribute to bilge and ballast operations
- control pumping operations in petroleum production
- control suction booms
- handle refrigerant transfer pumps
- manage on-board water systems
- operate concrete pumps
- operate hydraulic pumps
- operate latex transfer pump
- operate liquid soap pumps
- operate pumping equipment
- operate pumping systems
- operate pumps
- operate pumps for fire extinguishing
- operate pumps in aquaculture facilities
- operate vacuum dewatering system
- operate wine pumps
- pump paint
- pump products
- pump wax
- synchronise pumphouse activities
- tend hoist cement transfer equipment
- use ballasts
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
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
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operate hydraulic machinery controls

skills

working with machinery and specialised equipment

operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials

operating pumping systems or equipment

operate hydraulic machinery controls

Concept overview

Description

Use correctly the controls of specialized machinery by turning valves, handwheels, or rheostats to move and control flow of fuels, water, and dry or liquid binders to machines.

Alternative Labels

control hydraulic machinery

controlling hydraulic machinery

control of hydraulic machinery

hydraulic machinery control

hydraulic machinery control operation

operating hydraulic machinery controls

operating of hydraulic machinery controls

operation of hydraulic machinery controls

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skill

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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)