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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
115 skills listed by ESCO, 99 of them essential. 115 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 115, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| accept own accountability | skill | essential | 3 |
| acoustics | skill | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| Adaptability |
| competency |
| essential |
| 3 |
| adapt hearing tests | skill | essential | 3 |
| adhere to organisational guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| adjust cochlear implants | skill | essential | 3 |
| adjust hearing aids | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on healthcare users' informed consent | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply context specific clinical competences | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| audiology | skill | essential | 3 |
| audiometry | skill | essential | 3 |
| balance disorders | skill | essential | 3 |
| behavioural neurology | skill | essential | 3 |
| clean patients' ear canals | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 3 |
| communicate in healthcare | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| communication related to hearing impairment | skill | essential | 3 |
| comply with legislation related to health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct health related research | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct research on speech-related topics | skill | essential | 3 |
| contribute to continuity of health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| counsel on communication disorders | skill | essential | 3 |
| counsel patients on improving hearing | skill | essential | 3 |
| counsel patients on improving speech | skill | essential | 3 |
| deal with emergency care situations | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship | skill | essential | 3 |
| diagnose hearing impairement | skill | essential | 3 |
| diagnose speech disorders | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 3 |
| educate on the prevention of illness | skill | essential | 3 |
| empathise with the healthcare user | skill | essential | 3 |
| encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure safety of healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| evaluate the psychological impact of hearing problems | skill | essential | 3 |
| evaluate the psychological impact of speech problems | skill | essential | 3 |
| exercise patience | skill | essential | 3 |
| facial gymnastics | skill | essential | 3 |
| first aid | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow clinical guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care occupation-specific ethics | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care system | skill | essential | 3 |
| hearing aids | skill | essential | 3 |
| hearing loss | skill | essential | 3 |
| human anatomy | skill | essential | 3 |
| human ear | skill | essential | 3 |
| human physiology | skill | essential | 3 |
| hygiene in a health care setting | skill | essential | 3 |
| inform policy makers on health-related challenges | skill | essential | 3 |
| instruct on the use of hearing aids | skill | essential | 3 |
| interact with healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| interpret diagnostic tests in otorhinolaryngology | skill | essential | 3 |
| linguistics | skill | essential | 3 |
| lip reading | skill | essential | 3 |
| listen actively | skill | essential | 3 |
| logopaedics | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage healthcare users' data | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke | skill | essential | 3 |
| medical informatics | skill | essential | 3 |
| medical terminology | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor patients' progress related to treatment | skill | essential | 3 |
| movement techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| neurology | skill | essential | 3 |
| neurophysiology | skill | essential | 3 |
| neuropsychology | skill | essential | 3 |
| organise relapse prevention | skill | essential | 3 |
| otorhinolaryngologic conditions | skill | essential | 3 |
| paediatrics | skill | essential | 3 |
| pathology | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform therapy sessions | skill | essential | 3 |
| phonetics | skill | essential | 3 |
| phoniatrics | skill | essential | 3 |
| physiology of balance | skill | essential | 3 |
| physiology of hearing | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| produce impressions for ear moulds | skill | essential | 3 |
| professional documentation in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote good habits to avoid communication disorders | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote inclusion | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide health education | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health | skill | essential | 3 |
| psychiatry | skill | essential | 3 |
| psychoacoustics | skill | essential | 3 |
| psychology | skill | essential | 3 |
| record healthcare users' progress related to treatment | skill | essential | 3 |
| refer healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to changing situations in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | essential | 3 |
| sign language | skill | essential | 3 |
| special needs education | skill | essential | 3 |
| speech techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| teach communication methods | skill | essential | 3 |
| treat speech disorders | skill | essential | 3 |
| treat swallowing disorders | skill | essential | 3 |
| undertake clinical audit | skill | essential | 3 |
| use e-health and mobile health technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| use of specialised instruments in otorhinolaryngology | skill | essential | 3 |
| use special hearing equipment for tests | skill | essential | 3 |
| use techniques to increase patients' motivation | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in a multicultural environment in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in multidisciplinary health teams | skill | essential | 3 |
| autism | skill | desirable | 2 |
| bobath therapy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| conduct polysomnography | skill | desirable | 2 |
| conduct research on hearing topics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| counselling methods | skill | desirable | 2 |
| cued speech | skill | desirable | 2 |
| disability types | skill | desirable | 2 |
| geriatrics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| human psychological development | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| pedagogy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide stroke rehabilitation services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| psycholinguistics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supervise audiology team | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supervise speech and language team | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages for health-related research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages in patient care | skill | desirable | 2 |