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632 skills in alphabetical order. Click a name for the full description and the occupations that need it.
Items 101–200 of 632
- Operate biogas plant
Operate equipment which treats energy crops and waste from farms, called anaerobic digesters.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate biological filtration
Operate biological filtration in aquaculture facilities.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate board slotting machine
Use an instrument suitable for slotting and corner cutting for corrugated paperboard.
practical skillneeded in 9 occupations
- Operate boiler
Operate sealed vessels which contain fluids which are heated or vaporised, not always up to boiling, for heating or power generation, such as in utilities.
practical skillneeded in 7 occupations
- Operate bottom supported cable-propelled vehicles
Operate bottom supported cable propelled vehicles such as funiculars, cable liners and mini metros.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate brazing equipment
Use equipment designed for brazing processes in order to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel.
practical skillneeded in 6 occupations
- Operate breathing equipment
Operate breathing equipment and machines to ensure the patient is administred oxygen during surgery.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate brick oven
Use a brick oven used for baking, drying or heating at the right temperature.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate broadcast equipment
Operate broadcast equipment to produce, switch, receive, record, edit, and reproduce television and radio signals.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate bucket wheel excavator
Operate a bucket wheel excavator, a giant piece of mining machinery that uses a wheel or a chain equipped with buckets to scrape away material from the surface, then load it onto…
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate bullet press
Handle the machinery which presses bullets through a lead core according to a uniform size and weight.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate calender machine
Operate the calender machine which is used to coat and feed plies to the building table.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate call distribution system
Apply assigning methods (mostly used in call centres) to provide clients with the best possible service by connecting them with the most suitable agent.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate carpet centrifugal machine
Set up and operate a machine which unwinds, spins and dries the rug, extracting the majority of the water out of it.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate cash register
Register and handle cash transactions by using point of sale register.
practical skillneeded in 61 occupations
- Operate centrifuges
Adjust working condition as speed and time of centrifuges according to the requirements of the product in process.
practical skillneeded in 7 occupations
- Operate chainsaw
Operate mechanical chainsaw powered by electricity, compressed air or gasoline.
practical skillneeded in 5 occupations
- Operate circular saw
Use circular saws or beam cutters to cut through wood or metal.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate climate control
Operate climate control installations.
practical skillneeded in 7 occupations
- Operate cockpit control panels
Operates control panels in the cockpit or flight deck according to the needs of the flight.
practical skillneeded in 13 occupations
- Operate collating machine
Set up and monitor the machine that automatically sorts the different pages of documents.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate compression rollers
Set up and monitor the piece of machinery that applies pressure on material in order to flatten it and reduce its volume.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate computerised control systems
Operate electronic or computerised control panels to monitor and optimise processes, and to control process start-up and shut-downs.
practical skillneeded in 11 occupations
- Operate concrete casting machine
Operate the machine that casts concrete blocks, making sure the finished blocks are according to specifications.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate concrete mixer truck
Work with concrete mixer trucks.
practical skillneeded in 5 occupations
- Operate concrete pumps
Operate the remote control of the robotic arm of a concrete pump while monitoring the pouring process.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate construction scraper
Operate a scraper, a piece of heavy equipment that scrapes a layer of soil from the surface and transports it in a hopper.
practical skillneeded in 5 occupations
- Operate continuous miner
Operate a continuous miner, a machine with a large rotating steel drum equipped with tungsten carbide teeth that cut minerals from the seam.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate control panels
Use control panels to steer mechanisms, like automatic gates or machines.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate control systems
Configure and operate electrical, electronic and control equipment.
practical skillneeded in 7 occupations
- Operate core drilling equipment
Operate an exploration drilling machine, which may be mobile or stationary, to drill and extract cores.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate corrugator
Set up and monitor the machine that corrugates face paperboard to form corrugated paperboard material for containers.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate cranes
Operate cranes to move, position, lift or place machinery, equipment or other large objects at various locations.
practical skillneeded in 7 occupations
- Operate creasing machinery
Feed material squarely into the machine and check that the position of cuts and creases is correct, without damage.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate cremation equipment
Handle equipment used for the cremation of deceased individuals, such as cremators, incinerators, cremulators and magnets.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate crosscut saw
Use a blade saw to manually cut wood across the wood grain.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate crusher
Operate machines designed to crush rocks, ores, large coal lumps, and other materials.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate cubing machine
Operate the cubing machine making sure the correct patterns for sorting and stacking are followed.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate cutting equipment
Operate cutting equipment specific to the activities undergone in this phase of slaughtering and meat processing.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate dairy farms
Operate farms for the long-term production of milk and other dairy products, such as butter, cheese, yogurt, and other common household staples, which will be used for human…
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate dealership management system
Operate and maintain the management information system that caters to the needs of the finance, sales, parts, inventory and administrative aspects of running the business.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate debarking machine
Set up and monitor the machine that strips remaining bark from timber or logs before they can be further processed, for example chipped for pulp production.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate die-cut machines
Operate machinery to cut paper products into a pattern, which is folded and glued into a certain shape.
practical skillneeded in 5 occupations
- Operate diesel propulsion plants
Operate diesel and gas turbine propulsion plants including related machinery, such as auxiliary boilers, auxiliary engines, incinerators, air compressors, fuel and fuel oil…
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate digester machine
Add cooking chemicals and steam to dissolve lignin and separate the plant fibres, breaking down wood chips to recover pulp after a bleaching and drying process.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate digging construction equipment
Operate and use construction equipment, such as digger derricks, backhoes, track hoes, front-end loaders, trenchers, or cable ploughs.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate digital printers
Handle inkjet and laser printers, allowing the operator to print documents in a single 'pass'.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate dimmer equipment
Set up, connect and operate dimmer equipment (with plug and socket) in a live performance environment.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate dishwashing machine
Handle dishwashing machines with used plates, glass, service utensils and cutlery.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate distillation equipment
Operate control panels and other distillation equipment, in order to monitor and adjust product flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate distilling equipment
Operate the different parts of distilling equipment such as the pot, the distillation column, the lyne arm, the condenser, the distillate, and the aging barrels.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate dragline
Use large dragline excavators to remove overburden above coal, lignite, and other minerals.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate drill press
Operate a semi-automated, semi-manual drill press to drill holes in a work piece, safely and according to regulations.
practical skillneeded in 10 occupations
- Operate drilling equipment
Operate a range of drilling equipment, pneumatic as well as electrical and mechanical.
practical skillneeded in 21 occupations
- Operate drilling jumbo
Operate a large, mobile mining machine equipped with pneumatic or hydraulic hammers to bore horizontal holes in hard rock to enable blasting.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate drones in civil engineering
Operate drone technologies in the area of civil engineering in a number of different uses, such as topographic terrain mapping, building and land surveys, site inspections, remote…
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate drum device
Operate the drums performing the pedal depression to allow drums rotation and winding the plies around the drums in order to build pneumatic tires.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate dry cleaning pressing machines
Use assigned equipment such as shirt, sleeve, collar, cuff and single or double buck pressing machines to press a variety of customers garments.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate drying blowers
Operate the portable air and heat blowers by placing them in the drying aisles in order to dry specific products.
practical skillneeded in 6 occupations
- Operate dump truck
Operate articulated or rigid dump trucks used in mining operations for moving overburden or minerals.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate echo sounding equipment
Operate technological equipment to measure the ocean's depth.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate edge banding machinery
Operate machines and equipment used to cover materials such as wood with a protective layer.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate electric embossing press
Use an electric embossing press, which can emboss thousands of documents one after another.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate electronic measuring instruments
Tend a wide variety of devices for measuring electronic characteristics of system components, such as optical power meter, fibre power meter, digital power meter and multimeter.
practical skillneeded in 11 occupations
- Operate electronic payment terminals
Operate electronic payment terminals to collect credit or debit card payments from the travellers.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate emergency equipment
Utilise emergency equipment and tools such as fire extinguishers, wheel chocks, pocket lamps, and warning signs.
practical skillneeded in 6 occupations
- Operate emergency vehicle
Drive and maneuver an emergency vehicle and operate its fixed equipment following standard procedures.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate engraving equipment
Operate mechanical engraving tools and machines, set controls of cutting tools.
practical skillneeded in 10 occupations
- Operate envelope machine
Operate machine that forms plain and window envelopes from paper rolls.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate equipment for food homogenisation
Tend equipment and machines such as extruders that exert extreme pressure, sheer, turbulence, and acceleration to foodstuffs in order to stabilise and give them a homogeneous…
practical skillneeded in 5 occupations
- Operate excavator
Operate excavators used to dig materials from the surface and load them onto dump trucks.
practical skillneeded in 18 occupations
- Operate explosives production equipment
Operate equipment used for mixing of chemical ingredients having as their end product explosives such as TNT, tetryl or nitroglycerin.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate farm equipment
Supervise the smooth running of farm equipment which can include high pressure cleaning equipment, heating or air conditioning and monitor the temperature of premises.
practical skillneeded in 10 occupations
- Operate fibreglass spray gun
Operate a gun which cuts the incoming fiberglass strands to the desired lenghts, propels the pieces into the catalyzed resin when it comes out of the gun, and sprays the substance…
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate file for deburring
Operate various sizes and types of files used for removing burrs from and smoothening the edges of a workpiece.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate financial instruments
Work with financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds and derivatives.
practical skillneeded in 18 occupations
- Operate fire extinguishers
Understand the operation of fire extinguishing equipment and fire extinguishing techniques.
practical skillneeded in 11 occupations
- Operate fish capture equipment
Operate fish capture equipment, for grading, sampling or harvesting purposes.
practical skillneeded in 6 occupations
- Operate fish processing equipment
Operate equipment for canning, drying, freezing, smoking, high pressure processing of fish, or other types of processing of fish following established procedures.
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate fishing equipment
Operate and maintain equipment used recreationally for fishing or in fisheries such as various kinds of nets and fishing gear.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate fishing equipment machinery
Set up and operate machinery to form fishing equipment or accesories such as rods, hooks and lines.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate flexographic printing machine
Prepare and adjust all units of flexographic web presses and tend the development line.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate floor cleaning equipment
Set up, maintain and operate roto, extractor and walk behind scrubbers and other floor care equipment to clean carpets and scrub hard floors.
practical skillneeded in 5 occupations
- Operate fluff pulp mixing machine
Mix pulp and cotton wool, which are shot out of the machine and woven into pulp strips.
practical skillneeded in 2 occupations
- Operate follow-me vehicles
Drive the 'follow me'-vehicle in a safe and efficient manner in order to marshal the aircraft through a designated area.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate follow spots
Operate follow spots during a live performance based on visual cues or documentation.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate forestry equipment
Operate various forest instruments such as skidders, bulldozers to pull scarification or site preparation equipment over forest areas to be regenerated.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate forestry machinery
Operate machinery on and off road for harvesting, forwarding and transportation of wood.
practical skillneeded in 5 occupations
- Operate forging tongs
Operate the appropriate forging tools and equipment safely, including forging tongs for handling and moving hot metal workpieces during forging processes.
practical skillneeded in 4 occupations
- Operate forklift
Operate a forklift, a vehicle with a pronged device in front for lifting and carrying heavy loads.
practical skillneeded in 39 occupations
- Operate front loader
Operate a front loader, a vehicle equipped with a bucket used in mining for performing a wide range of small, quick operations where employing more specialised equipment would not…
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate furnace
Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting, to produce…
practical skillneeded in 10 occupations
- Operate furniture machinery
Operate machines and equipment used for making furniture parts and the assembling of furniture.
practical skillneeded in 6 occupations
- Operate games
Acknowledge and greet all customers to the gaming tables, be fully conversant with the rules and company procedures of all games within the casino; give clear and confident…
practical skillneeded in 3 occupations
- Operate garment manufacturing machines
Operate and monitor machines which make miscellaneous wearing apparel articles.
practical skillneeded in 20 occupations
- Operate gas extraction equipment
Operate the equipment used for oxygen and nitrogen extraction equipment such as compressors, fractionating columns, heat exchangers and purifying towers.
practical skillneeded in 7 occupations
- Operate gas turbines
Operate equipment which uses thermal energy to produce electricity by injecting gas into pressurised air and igniting it to generate a high-temperature flow that will set the…
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate gear shaper
Tend the machine used to carve out the inner teeth of gears.
practical skillneeded in 1 occupation
- Operate GPS systems
Use GPS Systems.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Operate grader
Operate a grader, a piece of heavy equipment used in construction to create a flat surface.
practical skillneeded in 5 occupations
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