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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
S6.0 - handling and moving
S6.1 - sorting and packaging goods and materials
S6.2 - moving and lifting
S6.3 - transforming and blending materials
S6.3.0 - transforming and blending materials
S6.3.1 - preparing mixtures or solutions
S6.3.3 - preparing industrial materials for processing or use
- acclimatise timber
- admit basic metals to furnace
- apply bluing techniques
- apply electrolytes to cathodes and anodes
- apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces
- cool materials
- cool workpiece
- extract fatty acid
- fill etchings
- finish barrels
- fire the surface
- form bed for glass
- harden soap
- heat jewellery metals
- heat lacquer mixture
- heat materials
- heat up vacuum forming medium
- inspect raw food materials
- prepare animal materials for brush bristles
- prepare balls of clay
- prepare board for soldering
- prepare raw materials
- prepare raw materials for man-made fibres manufacturing
- prepare rubber materials
- prepare stone for smoothing
- prepare surface for enamelling
- prepare vehicles for painting
- prepare wicker material for weaving
- prepare workpieces for etching
- process animal by-products
- rinse photographic film
- tend vats following a nitration process
- turn ball skins right side out
- warm marine glue
S6.3.6 - collecting and preparing specimens or materials for testing
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
S6.11 - 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

heat metals

skills

handling and moving

transforming and blending materials

preparing industrial materials for processing or use

heat metals

Description

Description

Heat steel and metals in fire; adjust and regulate heat controls to reach appropriate pouring temperature.

Alternative Labels

heating metals

heating metal to pouring temperature

heating of metals

heating of steel

heating steel

heating steel to pouring temperature

heating to pouring temperature

heat metals

heat metal to pouring temperature

heat steel to pouring temperature

heat to pouring temperature

metal heating

metals heating

steel heating

steels heating

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

sector specific skills and competences

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Narrower skills

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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)