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K - knowledge
L - language skills and knowledge
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S1 - communication, collaboration and creativity
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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
S6.9 - handling animals
S6.9.0 - handling animals
S6.9.1 - tending and breeding animals
- apply animal hygiene practices
- assess equid footcare requirements
- assist animal birth
- attach horseshoes
- breed cattle
- breed dogs
- breed ducks
- breed geese
- breed goats
- breed horses
- breed insects
- breed ostriches
- breed pigs
- breed poultry
- breed rabbits
- breed reptiles
- breed sheep
- breed snails
- breed stock
- breed turkeys
- care for horses
- care for juvenile animals
- care for the flock
- catch poultry on a farm
- control livestock disease
- determine the sex of the animal
- handle animals for semen collection
- handle honeycombs
- handle poultry
- handle working animals
- maintain silk worm breeding room
- maintain welfare of animals during transportation
- manage animal welfare
- manage livestock
- manage the health and welfare of livestock
- milk animals
- monitor livestock
- operate dairy farms
- organise shearing
- provide an enriching environment for animals
- provide care for horses
- provide dog walking services
- provide first aid to animals
- provide home pet sitting services
- provide opportunities for animals to express natural behaviour
- raise hens
- rear game
- safely interact with animals
- shearing of wool
- understand the animal's situation
- work with veterinarians
S6.9.2 - tending and breeding aquatic animals
S6.9.3 - moving and herding animals
S6.9.4 - hunting, trapping and slaughtering animals
S6.9.5 - feeding and grooming animals
S6.9.6 - training animals
S6.9.7 - providing therapy or veterinary treatment for 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

select breeding stock

skills

handling and moving

handling animals

tending and breeding animals

select breeding stock

Description

Description

Select breeding stock in accordance with the breeding programme and where possible screen stock to minimise known genetic weaknesses.

Alternative Labels

administer selection of breeding stock in accordance with the requirements of breeding programme

ensure selection of breeding stock in accordance with breeding programme

execute breeding stock selection management

manage breeding stock selection

manage selection of breeding stock

oversee breeding stock selection

oversee selection of breeding stock

perform breeding stock selection management

select breeding stock in accordance with breeding programme requirements

supervise breeding stock selection

supervise selection of breeding stock

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skill

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occupation specific skills and competences

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ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative.

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 v1.1.1 (Last update 26/09/2022)