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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
91 skills listed by ESCO, 82 of them essential. 91 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 91, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| accept own accountability | skill | essential | 3 |
| adhere to organisational guidelines | 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.
| advise customers on optical instruments maintenance | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on contact lense maintenance | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on healthcare users' informed consent | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise patients on vision improvement conditions | skill | essential | 3 |
| anaesthetics | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply context specific clinical competences | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply numeracy skills | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out orthoptic treatments | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 3 |
| communicate in healthcare | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| comply with legislation related to health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct specialised orthoptic tests | skill | essential | 3 |
| contact lens fitting techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| contribute to continuity of health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| deal with emergency care situations | skill | essential | 3 |
| determine eye disease progression | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship | skill | essential | 3 |
| diagnose problems of the visual system | 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 |
| ensure safety of healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| eye protection regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| first aid | skill | essential | 3 |
| fit contact lenses | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow clinical guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| have computer literacy | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care occupation-specific ethics | skill | essential | 3 |
| human anatomy | skill | essential | 3 |
| human physiology | skill | essential | 3 |
| hygiene in a health care setting | skill | essential | 3 |
| implement marketing strategies | skill | essential | 3 |
| inform policy makers on health-related challenges | skill | essential | 3 |
| interact with healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| listen actively | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage healthcare users' data | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| medical informatics | skill | essential | 3 |
| medical terminology | skill | essential | 3 |
| neurology | skill | essential | 3 |
| neuro-ophthalmology | skill | essential | 3 |
| neurophysiology | skill | essential | 3 |
| ophthalmological examination methods | skill | essential | 3 |
| optical glass characteristics | skill | essential | 3 |
| optical instruments | skill | essential | 3 |
| optics | skill | essential | 3 |
| orthoptics | skill | essential | 3 |
| paediatric psychology | skill | essential | 3 |
| paediatrics | skill | essential | 3 |
| pathology | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform comprehensive eye examinations | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform ocular tonometry | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform vision rehabilitation | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmacology | skill | essential | 3 |
| prescribe corrective lenses | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| process payments | skill | essential | 3 |
| professional documentation in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote inclusion | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote ocular health | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide health education | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide therapy of the visual system | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health | skill | essential | 3 |
| psychology | skill | essential | 3 |
| quality standards of ophthalmic equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| receive patient referrals with eye conditions | skill | essential | 3 |
| record healthcare users' billing information | skill | essential | 3 |
| record healthcare users' progress related to treatment | skill | essential | 3 |
| refer healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| refraction of the eye | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to changing situations in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise orthoptic treatments | skill | essential | 3 |
| test visual acuity | skill | essential | 3 |
| treatment of strabismus | skill | essential | 3 |
| types of strabismus | skill | essential | 3 |
| undertake healthcare examination | skill | essential | 3 |
| use e-health and mobile health technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| use ophthalmic instruments | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in a multicultural environment in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in multidisciplinary health teams | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 3 |
| administer medication for vision problems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| implement sales strategies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| participate in medical inventory control | skill | desirable | 2 |
| pedagogy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| preventive medicine | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide domiciliary eyecare | skill | desirable | 2 |
| select intraocular lenses for surgery | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages for health-related research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages in patient care | skill | desirable | 2 |