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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
S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products
S8.6 - using precision instrumentation and equipment
S8.6.0 - using precision instrumentation and equipment
S8.6.1 - operating medical equipment
S8.6.2 - operating audio-visual equipment
S8.6.3 - operating scientific and laboratory equipment
S8.6.4 - operating communications equipment
S8.6.5 - operating precision industrial equipment
S8.6.6 - using precision measuring equipment
- adjust measuring machines
- adjust surveying equipment
- calibrate precision instrument
- manage instrumentation systems
- measure chemical substance viscosity
- measure density of liquids
- operate battery test equipment
- operate biogas meter
- operate electronic measuring instruments
- operate optical measuring equipment
- operate pavement surface friction measuring devices
- operate precision measuring equipment
- operate surveying instruments
- operate theodolite
- operate traditional water depth measurement equipment
- operate weighing machine
- perform electrical geophysical measurements
- perform electromagnetic geophysical measurements
- read electricity meter
- read gas meter
- read heat meter
- read water meter
- test gas purity
- use 3D scanners for clothing
- use instruments for food measurement
- use lensometer
- use measurement instruments
- use pest detection sensors
- use sound measuring instruments
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

This concept is obsolete

operate scientific measuring equipment

transversal skills and competences

physical and manual skills and competences

manipulating and controlling objects and equipment

use equipment, tools or technology with precision

use measurement instruments

operate scientific measuring equipment

skills

working with machinery and specialised equipment

using precision instrumentation and equipment

using precision measuring equipment

operate scientific measuring equipment

Concept overview

Description

Operate devices, machinery, and equipment designed for scientific measurement. Scientific equipment consists of specialised measuring instruments refined to facilitate the acquisition of data.

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operating scientific instruments

operate scientific equipment

operating scientific equipment

scientific equipment operating

scientific instruments operating

scientific measuring equipment operating

operating scientific measuring equipment

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

cross-sector skills and competences

Relationships

Broader concepts

Narrower skills

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Optional for

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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)