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