Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
Software developer
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Civil engineer
Graphic designer
occupational therapy assistant
ESCO occupation · 23 essential, 22 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
interact with healthcare users
instruct on the use of special equipment for daily activities
communicate effectively in healthcare
empathise with the healthcare user
supervision of persons
exercise patience
occupational science
remediate healthcare user's occupational performance
hygiene in a health care setting
ergonomics
movement techniques
assist healthcare users achieve autonomy in everyday activities
ensure safety of healthcare users
apply techniques of occupational therapy
follow clinical guidelines
occupational physiology
listen actively
develop therapeutic relationships
community-based rehabilitation
monitor patients' progress related to treatment
health care occupation-specific ethics
facilitate healthcare user's engagement in occupations
vocational rehabilitation
Optional & specialised skills
create individual treatment programmes
deal with emergency care situations
develop a rehabilitation programme
perform occupation analyses
physical medicine
assist in performing physical exercises
neurology
first aid
human physiology
geriatrics
occupational therapy theories
rehabilitation
general medicine
record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
kinesiology
orthopaedics
mechanotherapy
perform patient activity analyses
health care legislation
provide health education
work in multidisciplinary health teams
apply health sciences
Other matches: physiotherapy assistant · occupational therapist · healthcare assistant · maternity support worker · assistant clinical psychologist
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.