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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
96 skills listed by ESCO, 46 of them essential. 96 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 96, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| advise client on technical possibilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| agronomy | 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.
| assess felled timber quality | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess felled timber volume | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out routine maintenance of wood cutting machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| crop production principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| de-limb trees | skill | essential | 3 |
| drive agricultural machines | skill | essential | 3 |
| drive timber machine | skill | essential | 3 |
| evaluate employees work | skill | essential | 3 |
| extract coppice | skill | essential | 3 |
| fell trees | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow written instructions | skill | essential | 3 |
| handling chemical products for soil and plants | skill | essential | 3 |
| harvest crop | skill | essential | 3 |
| herbicides | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify plants characteristics | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify trees to fell | skill | essential | 3 |
| load timber onto a skidder | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain the security of machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage logs segregation and stacking | skill | essential | 3 |
| mechanical tools | skill | essential | 3 |
| minimise environmental impact on the surrounding area | skill | essential | 3 |
| minimize risks in tree operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor work site | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate agricultural machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate forestry machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| organise labour | skill | essential | 3 |
| pest control in plants | skill | essential | 3 |
| pesticides | skill | essential | 3 |
| plant disease control | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare emergency treework operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| process arisings from treework operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| process timber using hand-fed machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| programme work according to incoming orders | skill | essential | 3 |
| reforestation | skill | essential | 3 |
| road traffic laws | skill | essential | 3 |
| select tree felling methods | skill | essential | 3 |
| soil structure | skill | essential | 3 |
| spray pesticides | skill | essential | 3 |
| spread fertiliser | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| tow a tractor implement using the power take-off | skill | essential | 3 |
| variety of botanicals | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in a land-based team | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| address problems critically | skill | desirable | 2 |
| advise on timber-based products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| advise on timber harvest | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply precision farming | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assign duties to agriculture workers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| attach protective attachments to timber piles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| budgetary principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| communicate with customers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Communication | competency | desirable | 2 |
| comply with timber trade code of conduct | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create soil and plant improvement programmes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create solutions to problems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| environmental policy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| fertilisation principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| fertiliser products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| forecast timber production | skill | desirable | 2 |
| forecast workload | skill | desirable | 2 |
| forest conservation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| forest ecology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| harvest timber | skill | desirable | 2 |
| improve timber stands | skill | desirable | 2 |
| inspect agricultural fields | skill | desirable | 2 |
| inspect timber | skill | desirable | 2 |
| irrigate soil | skill | desirable | 2 |
| limit load to prevent damage | skill | desirable | 2 |
| load equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain edged hand tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain forest inventory | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain forestry equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain mechanical equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain technical equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| make independent operating decisions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate GPS systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate landscaping equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform loading and unloading operations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform park safety inspections | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prepare equipment for harvest | skill | desirable | 2 |
| principles of mechanical engineering | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | desirable | 2 |
| propose ICT solutions to business problems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide first aid | skill | desirable | 2 |
| report pollution incidents | skill | desirable | 2 |
| report to the team leader | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| sharpen edged tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| timber products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| unload equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use different communication channels | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use hand tools for forestry work | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use ICT systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work independently in forestry services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| write work-related reports | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | desirable | 1 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 1 |