Skip to main content
European Commission logo

Skills & competences

There is a temporary issue on this page. Please, try later. We apologise for this inconvenience.

Show filters

Hide filters

Filters

Hierarchy view

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
S6.2.0 - moving and lifting
S6.2.1 - loading and unloading goods and, materials
S6.2.2 - moving or lifting materials, equipment, or supplies
- apply various lifting techniques
- arrange furniture
- assist in the placement of gravestones
- carry picking work aids
- change kegs
- change over props
- char barrels
- couple bogies to rail vehicles
- ensure the integrity of mail
- feed charcoal hoppers
- feed concrete mixer
- feed fibreglass machine
- feed glass fibre into pultrusion machine
- feed hoppers
- feed mirror machine
- feed press cylinders
- feed raw material into plant machinery
- feed soap chips machine
- feed the nitrator
- handle building materials
- handle guest luggage
- haul cement
- lift heavy weights
- lift stacks of paper
- manage capsule rings
- manage logs transfer
- manage the reception of raw materials for animal feeds
- maneuver cylinders
- maneuver stone blocks
- monitor biomedical equipment stock
- move bodies of deceased persons
- move completed works
- move rigging equipment
- perform diving interventions
- perform drainage work
- prepare coffins for cremation
- stack goods
- stack packaged items
- stack paper bags
- supervise artefact movement
- tip latex within industrial processes
- transfer coffins
- transfer liquid goods
- transfer logs
- transfer luggage
- transfer medication
- transfer oxygen
- transfer soap
- transfer stock
- transfer stone blocks
- transfer varnish
S6.2.3 - storing goods and materials
S6.2.4 - positioning materials, tools or equipment
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
S6.11 - 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

cope with decompression

skills

handling and moving

moving and lifting

moving or lifting materials, equipment, or supplies

cope with decompression

Description

Description

Ascend from a dive in stages or slowly according to a decompression plan in order to give the body time to adapt to the lowered pressure. Prevent the buildup of dissolved gases in living tissue, as well as other symptoms linked to rapid ascent, collectively known as decompression sickness or "the bends".

Alternative Labels

complying with decompression plan

comply with decompression plan

cope with decompression

coping with decompression

decompress

decompression

follow decompression plan

following decompression plan

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

occupation specific skills and competences

Relationships

Broader concepts

Essential for

Concept URI

Share this page:

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).

CONTACT ESCO
Current version: ESCO v1.1.2 (Last update 22/02/2024)