ESCOpedia
ESCOpedia
ESCOpedia is the online reference to the ESCO classification. It provides you with up-to-date information on the following topics:
ESCO strategy
Structure and features of the ESCO classification
- Versions of the ESCO classification: ESCO v0, ESCO v0.8, ESCO v0.9, ESCO v1, ESCO v1.1
- Three pillar structure: occupations pillar, skills pillar, qualifications pillar
- Definitions of frequently used expressions in ESCO: concept, term, occupation, knowledge, skill, competence, qualification
- Language versions of ESCO
How ESCO was developed
- Governance: ESCO Member States Working Group, ESCO Board, ESCO Maintenance Committee, Reference Groups
- Development of occupational profiles
- Quality assurance: terminological guidelines, gap analysis, piloting and testing
How ESCO can be used
- ESCO in job search and job matching: EURES, job search, competence-based job matching
- ESCO for career management: CV creation, searching learning opportunities, identify training needs
- ESCO for labour market analyses: statistics, big data
- Implementing ESCO into systems: ESCO data formats, Linked Open Data, ESCO API, Mapping to ESCO, Extending ESCO, Linking learning outcomes of qualifications with ESCO skills
- Use of ESCO in the public sector: Europass, Cedefop, EURES
ESCO in relation to other classification systems and frameworks
- International and European classifications/frameworks: ISCO, NACE, EQF, ISCED-F, e-CF, DigComp,
- Crosswalks: O*NET
- National classifications: national occupational classifications, national skills classifications