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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
50 skills listed by ESCO, 32 of them essential. 50 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 50, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| advise on family planning | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on pregnancies at risk | 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 on pregnancy | skill | essential | 3 |
| assist on pregnancy abnormality | skill | essential | 3 |
| care for the new-born infant | skill | essential | 3 |
| childbirth | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 3 |
| communicate with nursing staff | 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 |
| contribute to continuity of health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| deal with emergency care situations | skill | essential | 3 |
| empathise with the healthcare user | skill | essential | 3 |
| empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure safety of healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| examine the new-born infant | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow clinical guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| health education | skill | essential | 3 |
| human anatomy | skill | essential | 3 |
| hygiene in a health care setting | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify abnormalities | skill | essential | 3 |
| interact with healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| listen actively | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor basic patients signs | skill | essential | 3 |
| pregnancy | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| provide basic support to patients | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide postnatal care | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide pre-natal care | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | essential | 3 |
| support nurses | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in a multicultural environment in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in multidisciplinary health teams | skill | essential | 3 |
| work under supervision in care | skill | essential | 3 |
| work with nursing staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 2 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| anaesthetics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| analgesics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply context specific clinical competences | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assess the course of breast-feeding period | skill | desirable | 2 |
| distribute meals to patients | skill | desirable | 2 |
| embryology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| have computer literacy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| microbiology-bacteriology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor pregnancy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| neonatology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| postpartum period | skill | desirable | 2 |
| preparation for child delivery | skill | desirable | 2 |
| preparation for parenthood | skill | desirable | 2 |
| promote health and safety | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide health education | skill | desirable | 2 |
| sex education | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use different communication channels | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use obstetric sonography | skill | desirable | 2 |