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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
S6.2.0 - moving and lifting
S6.2.1 - loading and unloading goods and, materials
- accommodate cargo in freight transport vehicle
- adjust weight of cargo to capacity of freight transport vehicles
- apply techniques for stacking goods into containers
- assist in the movement of heavy loads
- carry out fish transportation
- check shipments
- conduct aviation fuel servicing operations
- deliver fertiliser
- determine cargo loading sequence
- handle cargo
- handle customer requests related to cargo
- handle delivery of furniture goods
- limit load to prevent damage
- load bulk trucks
- load cargo
- load cargo onto ships
- load electronic circuits onto wafers
- load equipment
- load film
- load heavy items on pallets
- load materials into furnace
- load picked fruits and vegetables
- load products for dispatch
- manage cargo handling
- manage fuelling system
- manage logs segregation and stacking
- manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities
- manoeuvere and load small vessel
- monitor flour unloading equipment
- monitor goods movement
- monitor shelves loading
- monitor the discharge of cargo
- move levers
- move treated wood
- pallets loading
- perform bunkering
- perform fuel reconciliation
- perform granulation equipment transfer
- perform loading and unloading operations
- perform warehousing operations
- prepare meat products for shipping
- prepare resources for loading activities
- receive goods
- rig loads
- scoop capsules
- scoop medicinal preparations
- secure cargo in stowage
- secure cargo on ships
- stow cargo
- transfer bricks
- transfer kiln-baked products
- transport office equipment
- transport physical resources within the work area
- unload cargo
- unload equipment
- unload supplies
S6.2.2 - moving or lifting materials, equipment, or supplies
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

This concept is obsolete

carry objects

skills

handling and moving

moving and lifting

loading and unloading goods and, materials

carry objects

Concept overview

Description

Carry and relocate objects from one place to another adhering to health and safety regulations. Carry objects while maintaining their integrity.

Alternative Labels

move items from one location to another

move items physically

move objects from one location to another

move objects physically

physically move items

physically move objects

physically relocate items

physically relocate objects

relocate items

relocate objects

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

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 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)