ESCO v0 | ESCO

Hierarchy view

Introduction to ESCO
Structure and features of the ESCO classification
ESCO development
- ESCO governance
- ESCO versions
ESCO glossary
How can ESCO be used in practice?
- ESCO in job search and job matching
- ESCO connects the labour market with education & training
  - Linking learning outcomes of qualifications with ESCO skills
  - Searching for learning opportunities
- ESCO for Labour Market Analysis
  - ESCO for labour market intelligence
  - ESCO in statistics
- Implementing ESCO into systems
  - Extending ESCO
  - Gap analysis
Crosswalks and related frameworks/classifications

ESCOpedia

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Competence-based job matching

Continuous improvement process

Development of ESCO

DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Digital Skills labelling in ESCO

ESCO data formats

ESCO for labour market intelligence

ESCO governance

ESCO in statistics

ESCO Maintenance Committee

ESCO mapping platform

ESCO Member States Working Group

ESCO occupations mapping pilot

ESCO skills mapping pilot

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens (DigComp)

European e-Competence Framework (e-CF)

European Qualifications Framework (EQF)

Functional analysis

Green skills labelling in ESCO

How can ESCO be used in practice?

International Standard Classification of Education: Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F)

International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO)

International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO)

International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO)

Linked Open Data

Linking learning outcomes of qualifications with ESCO skills

List of sectors of economic activities for the development of ESCO v1

Mapping to ESCO

Non-preferred term

Occupations pillar

OpenDocument Spreadsheet (ODS)

Piloting and testing

Qualifications and ESCO

Qualifications dataset register (QDR)

Qualifications Metadata Schema

Reference Groups

Regulated professions

Searching for learning opportunities

Simple Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS)

Skill contextualisation

Skill reusability level

Skills-Occupations Matrix Tables

Terminological guidelines

Training sessions: EURES and ESCO

Transversal knowledge, skills and competences

Two pillar structure of ESCO

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)

What is ESCO and how to use it?

ESCO v0

ESCO v0 is the first public release of ESCO. This version is based on the EURES classification but includes an enhanced semantic structure, cross-sector skills and competences and an initial small sample of qualifications. It includes the results of the Cross-Sector Reference Group, but not yet any sectoral updates.

ESCO v0 contains 4 761 occupations, around 5 000 skills and competences as well as some qualifications. As each concept in ESCO exists in all ESCO languages this amounts to more than 250 000 terms.

The qualifications pillar in ESCO v0 contains a small sample list of qualifications regulated at European level, international qualifications and certificates and licences linked to tasks, technologies, occupations or sectors. The Commission decided to move the qualifications from ESCO into Europass, therefore this model does not apply anymore.

ESCO v0 has been released in October 2013 on the ESCO Goes Live conference in Brussels. With the release of version 1 in 2017, this version is no longer maintained therefore is not publicly available anymore.