Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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Registered nurse
Electrician
Civil engineer
Graphic designer
drug and alcohol addiction counsellor
ESCO occupation · 52 essential, 2 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
counselling methods
manage stress in organisation
maintain records of work with service users
promote social change
report on social development
human psychological development
client-centred counselling
refer social service users
have emotional intelligence
support the positiveness of youths
relate empathetically
social sciences
build helping relationship with social service users
communicate with social service users
perform therapy sessions
supervision of persons
social justice
use motivational incentives in addiction counselling
legal requirements in the social sector
organise relapse prevention
assess social service users' situation
reflexion
assess the development of youth
provide social counselling
manage social crisis
maintain the trust of service users
cooperate at inter-professional level
dependency on drugs
psychology
listen actively
assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions
promote human rights
undertake continuous professional development in social work
handle conflicts
communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
demonstrate leadership in social service cases
encourage counselled clients to examine themselves
behavioural therapy
accept own accountability
maintain a non-emotional involvement
psychological theories
apply quality standards in social services
promote the safeguarding of young people
prepare youths for adulthood
adolescent psychological development
respond to individuals' extreme emotions
promote inclusion
apply socially just working principles
cognitive behavioural therapy
follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
help clients make decisions during counselling sessions
Optional & specialised skills
Other matches: substance misuse worker · social counsellor · housing support worker · benefits advice worker · educational counsellor
Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill
actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above
are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.