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European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO)

Skills & competences

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K - knowledge
00 - generic programmes and qualifications
01 - education
02 - arts and humanities
020 - arts and humanities not further defined
021 - arts
022 - humanities (except languages)
023 - languages
0230 - languages not further defined
0231 - language acquisition
- academic English
- aviation English
- body language
- chuchotage interpreting
- classical languages
- communication related to hearing impairment
- court interpreting
- fingerspelling
- foreign languages for international careers
- interpreting modes
- lip reading
- lipspeaking
- natural language processing
- phonetics
- sign language
- unseen translation
- voice interpreting
0232 - literature and linguistics
0239 - languages not elsewhere classified
028 - inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving arts and humanities
029 - arts and humanities not elsewhere classified
03 - social sciences, journalism and information
04 - business, administration and law
05 - natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
06 - information and communication technologies (icts)
07 - engineering, manufacturing and construction
08 - agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
09 - health and welfare
10 - services
99 - field unknown
L - language skills and knowledge
S - skills
T - transversal skills and competences

This concept is obsolete

modern languages

knowledge

arts and humanities

languages

language acquisition

modern languages

Concept overview

Description

All human languages still actively used today.

Alternative Labels

living language

living languages

modern language

Skill type

knowledge

Skill reusability level

cross-sector 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)