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K - knowledge
L - language skills and knowledge
S - skills
S1 - communication, collaboration and creativity
S2 - information skills
S2.0 - information skills
S2.1 - conducting studies, investigations and examinations
S2.2 - documenting and recording information
S2.3 - managing information
S2.4 - processing information
S2.4.0 - processing information
S2.4.1 - gathering information from physical or electronic sources
- analyse large-scale data in healthcare
- collect biological data
- collect client fitness information
- collect customer data
- collect customer feedback on applications
- collect cyber defence data
- collect data using GPS
- collect financial data
- collect geological data
- collect growth rate information
- collect healthcare user data under supervision
- collect healthcare user's general data
- collect ICT data
- collect mapping data
- collect property financial information
- collect real-time geolocation information
- collect statistics on medical records
- collect tourist information
- compile content
- compile data for navigation publications
- compile GIS-data
- consult information sources
- consult shipping rates
- evaluate social work program's impact
- follow the news
- gather data
- gather data for forensic purposes
- gather experimental data
- gather feedback from employees
- gather information on theme of the show
- gather information to substitute parts
- gather reference materials
- gather reference materials for artwork
- gather technical information
- handle data samples
- handle touristic quantitative data
- log transmitter readings
- manage information sources
- manage mine site data
- manage nutrients
- obtain financial information
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- preserve documentation about creative process
- read people
- read zoo reports
- record customers' personal data
- search historical sources in archives
- synthesise research publications
- tabulate survey results
- track shipments
- undertake employee screening
- use dictionaries
- use personality tests
S2.4.2 - entering and transforming information
S2.5 - measuring physical properties
S2.6 - calculating and estimating
S2.7 - analysing and evaluating information and data
S2.8 - monitoring, inspecting and testing
S2.9 - monitoring developments in area of expertise
S3 - assisting and caring
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

synthesise information

skills

information skills

analysing and evaluating information and data

analysing and evaluating information and data

synthesise information

transversal skills and competences

thinking skills and competences

planning and organising

organise information, objects and resources

process qualitative information

synthesise information

Concept overview

Description

Critically read, interpret, and summarise new and complex information from diverse sources.

Alternative Labels

summarise information

write synthesis essays

synthesise complex information

interpret complex information

critically summarise information

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

cross-sector skills and competences

Relationships

Broader concepts

Narrower skills

Essential for

toxicologist urban planner educational researcher ICT research consultant nursing lecturer communication scientist thanatology researcher test engineer pharmacologist astronomer criminologist kinesiologist assistant lecturer physicist sensor engineer demographer economist sociologist general practitioner optomechanical engineer ecologist historian healthcare specialist lecturer immunologist anthropology lecturer electromechanical engineer literary scholar medical device engineer palaeontologist dentistry lecturer communications lecturer economics lecturer geologist food science lecturer linguist journalism lecturer medicine lecturer microelectronics engineer religion scientific researcher archaeologist automation engineer metrologist mineralogist chemistry lecturer art studies lecturer meteorologist mathematician space science lecturer cosmetic chemist pharmacy lecturer university research assistant biochemist engineering lecturer conservation scientist geographer geneticist biologist analytical chemist research and development manager law lecturer archaeology lecturer education studies lecturer optical engineer microbiologist classical languages lecturer computer scientist specialised doctor microsystem engineer biology lecturer civil engineer psychology lecturer earth science lecturer data scientist physics lecturer biomedical engineer psychologist environmental scientist modern languages lecturer photonics engineer university literature lecturer optoelectronic engineer linguistics lecturer anthropologist politics lecturer physiologist veterinary medicine lecturer sociology lecturer bioinformatics scientist statistician behavioural scientist aquaculture biologist hydrologist biometrician mechatronics engineer business lecturer veterinary scientist cosmologist architecture lecturer religious studies lecturer museum scientist higher education lecturer philosophy lecturer chemist biophysicist computer science lecturer media scientist political scientist electromagnetic engineer history lecturer mathematics lecturer seismologist biochemical engineer computer hardware engineer agricultural scientist epidemiologist social work researcher oceanographer philosopher

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DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission developed ESCO in collaboration with stakeholders.

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Current version: ESCO v1.2.1 (Last update 10/12/2025)