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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
102 skills listed by ESCO, 87 of them essential. 102 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 102, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| accept own accountability | skill | essential | 3 |
| adapt to emergency care environment | 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.
| address problems critically | skill | essential | 3 |
| adhere to organisational guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| administer medication in emergency | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on healthcare users' informed consent | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply context specific clinical competences | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply first response | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess nature of injury in emergency | skill | essential | 3 |
| assist ambulance paramedics | skill | essential | 3 |
| behavioural science | skill | essential | 3 |
| brief hospital staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| clean vehicle interiors | skill | essential | 3 |
| clinical science | 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 physical examination in emergency | skill | essential | 3 |
| contribute to continuity of health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| cope with blood | skill | essential | 3 |
| deal with emergency care situations | skill | essential | 3 |
| defibrillation | skill | essential | 3 |
| delegate emergency care | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship | skill | essential | 3 |
| disorders of vital functions | skill | essential | 3 |
| drive ambulance under emergency conditions | skill | essential | 3 |
| emergency cases | skill | essential | 3 |
| emergency medicine | skill | essential | 3 |
| empathise with the healthcare user | skill | essential | 3 |
| employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure ambulance roadworthiness | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure safety of healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| first aid | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow clinical guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow verbal instructions | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care occupation-specific ethics | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care system | skill | essential | 3 |
| human anatomy | skill | essential | 3 |
| hygiene in a health care setting | skill | essential | 3 |
| immobilise patients for emergency intervention | skill | essential | 3 |
| infection control | skill | essential | 3 |
| inform policy makers on health-related challenges | skill | essential | 3 |
| interact with healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| intravenous infusion | skill | essential | 3 |
| intubation | skill | essential | 3 |
| listen actively | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain emergency vehicle equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain order at scenes of accidents | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage acute pain | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage healthcare users' data | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage major incidents | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage patients with acute illnesses | skill | essential | 3 |
| medical devices | skill | essential | 3 |
| medical dispatch | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor basic patients signs | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor patients during transfer to hospital | skill | essential | 3 |
| observe confidentiality | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate an emergency communication system | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate specialised equipment in emergency | skill | essential | 3 |
| operational tactics for emergency responses | skill | essential | 3 |
| pathogenic microorganisms | skill | essential | 3 |
| pharmacology | skill | essential | 3 |
| physical science applied to paramedical practice | skill | essential | 3 |
| position patients undergoing interventions | skill | essential | 3 |
| principles of paramedic practice | skill | essential | 3 |
| prioritise emergencies | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| promote inclusion | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide first aid | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide health education | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to changing situations in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| resuscitation | skill | essential | 3 |
| sanitary technology | skill | essential | 3 |
| select hazard control | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | essential | 3 |
| sociology applied to paramedical science | skill | essential | 3 |
| special equipment in emergency | skill | essential | 3 |
| stages of normal development | skill | essential | 3 |
| tolerate stress | skill | essential | 3 |
| transfer patients | skill | essential | 3 |
| transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles | skill | essential | 3 |
| transportation methods | skill | essential | 3 |
| use e-health and mobile health technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in a multicultural environment in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in multidisciplinary health teams | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care | skill | essential | 3 |
| write reports on emergency cases | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 2 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 3 |
| childbirth | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate in foreign languages with health service providers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| decontaminate ambulance interior | skill | desirable | 2 |
| dietetics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| disability care | skill | desirable | 2 |
| drive helicopter under emergency conditions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| educate on the prevention of illness | skill | desirable | 2 |
| evaluation methodologies in paramedic practice | skill | desirable | 2 |
| handle patient trauma | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| manage trauma through surgical means | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform multiple tasks at the same time | skill | desirable | 2 |
| pilot boat for medical emergency services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| train employees | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages for health-related research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages in patient care | skill | desirable | 2 |