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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
S3.0 - assisting and caring
S3.1 - counselling
S3.2 - providing health care or medical treatments
S3.3 - protecting and enforcing
S3.3.0 - protecting and enforcing
S3.3.1 - complying with health and safety procedures
S3.3.2 - complying with environmental protection laws and standards
S3.3.3 - complying with operational procedures
S3.3.4 - verifying identities and documentation
- assess licence applications
- board aircraft passengers
- check grant applications
- check in passengers
- check list of participants
- check official documents
- check passenger tickets
- check tickets at venue entry
- check tickets throughout carriages
- check travel documentation
- conduct customer identification
- control trade commercial documentation
- determine authorship of documents
- ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation
- handle shipment documentation
- identify energetic meridians
- identify forged documents
- identify the dietetic professional quality of care
- inspect aircraft documentation
- inspect carrier documents
- investigate social security applications
- issue licences
- issue official documents
- keep records of passports
- maintain ICT identity management
- perform security checks
- review civil documentation
- review ship documentation
- revise certifications for dangerous good transportation
- screen clients
- verify qualifications of water transport crew
- verify visitor identification
S3.3.5 - maintaining and enforcing physical security
S3.3.6 - protecting privacy and personal data
S3.3.7 - ensuring compliance with legislation
S3.4 - providing information and support to the public and clients
S3.5 - preparing and serving food and drinks
S3.6 - providing general personal care
S4 - management skills
S5 - working with computers
S6 - handling and moving
S7 - constructing
S8 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
T - transversal skills and competences

This concept is obsolete

authenticate documents

skills

assisting and caring

protecting and enforcing

verifying identities and documentation

authenticate documents

Concept overview

Description

Authenticate official documents, ensuring that their composition and the manner in which they were signed and officiated is compliant with regulations, and thus establishing the document's authenticity and legal power.

Alternative Labels

ratify documentation

ratify documents

validate documentation

validate documents

verify documentation

verify documents

Skill type

skill

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)