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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
S8.7 - installing, maintaining and repairing mechanical equipment
S8.7.0 - installing, maintaining and repairing mechanical equipment
S8.7.1 - repairing and installing mechanical equipment
S8.7.2 - maintaining mechanical equipment and tools
S8.7.3 - maintaining mechanical machinery
- conduct routine machinery checks
- ensure full functioning of food plant machinery
- ensure maintenance of railway machinery
- ensure maintenance of trains
- ensure vehicle preparation for pick-up
- keep airport drainage systems functional
- maintain agricultural machinery
- maintain chromotography machinery
- maintain edge banding machinery
- maintain extrusion machines
- maintain foil printing machine
- maintain furniture machinery
- maintain heat sealing machinery
- maintain hydraulic press
- maintain hydraulic systems
- maintain insulating tube winding machinery
- maintain machinery
- maintain mine machinery
- maintain oil field machinery
- maintain operations of vending machines
- maintain plastic machinery
- maintain router machinery
- maintain sanding machines
- maintain shipboard machinery
- maintain slitting machinery
- maintain street sweeping machine
- maintain the security of machinery
- maintain vineyard machinery
- maintain wood board machinery
- perform aircraft maintenance
- perform daily maintenance on ship machinery
- perform machine maintenance
- perform maintenance on locomotives
- perform vessel maintenance and cleaning
S8.8 - installing, maintaining and repairing electrical, electronic and precision equipment
S8.9 - operating aircraft
T - transversal skills and competences

This concept is obsolete

address aircraft mechanical issues

skills

management skills

developing objectives and strategies

developing contingency and emergency response plans

deal with air traffic issues

address aircraft mechanical issues

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Description

Identify and resolve mechanical issues which arise during flight. Identify malfunctions in fuel gauges, pressure indicators and other electrical, mechanical or hydraulic components.

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resolve aircraft mechanical problems

recognise and solve aircraft mechanical issues

deal with mechanical issues of aircraft

handle aircraft mechanical issues

deal with aircraft mechanical issues

address aircraft mechanical problems

address mechanical issues of aircraft

recognise and solve aircraft mechanical problems

identify and resolve mechanical issues in aircraft

identify and resolve aircraft mechanical issues

identify and resolve aircraft mechanical problems

deal with aircraft mechanical problems

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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.

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Current version: ESCO v1.2.1 (Last update 10/12/2025)