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Areas of professional knowledge: principles, rules, methods, materials and technologies. The ones the most occupations require come first.
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- Quantitative risk analysis techniques
The tools and techniques used to quantify the effect of risks on the objectives and targets of an organization and assign them a numerical rating, such as interviews and surveys…
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- Quantitative sensory testing
The principles of different available methods and paradigms of quantitative sensory testing for heat sensing thresholds and pain thresholds and the limitations of psychophysical…
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- Rail project financing
Thoroughly understand the ways in which railway projects are financed, such as public, private, and public-private partnership financing, including all the type of stakeholders…
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- Raisin grapes
The rules and conditions for growing raisin grapes: characteristics of the vine and growing regulations.
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- Refraction of the eye
The way to perform clinical tests by using a phoropter to identify the eye's refractive error.
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- Regulation on the discharge of raw materials into the sea
The environmental regulations for the discharge of raw materials into the sea, including the use of chemical disinfection and dechlorination to produce a clean and safe effluent…
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- Restorative justice
The justice system that is concerned more with the needs of the victims and the offenders, and of the involved community.
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- Risks of elevated advertising structures
The hazards and risks to which the advertising installer is exposed to in the process of installing and removing posters such as falling from heights, having platforms with no…
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- Roasted cacao beans
Characteristics of roasted cacao beans and roasting processes and methods.
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- Roasting coffee
Craft and science of roasting coffee.
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- Root cause analysis
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a systematic process for identifying root causes of problems or events and an approach for responding to them.
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- SA8000
A global certification standard measuring how companies are able to guarantee the basic rights of workers.
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- Safe street sweeping procedures in traffic
Practices related to sweeping streets in traffic in a safely manner, respecting traffic rules and stationary places.
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- Sand blasting machine parts
The various parts of a type of sand blasting machinery, their qualities and applications, such as a treadle, blast nozzle, dust collecter, filter, abrasive materials and others.
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- Screenwriting theories
The techniques and structures for writing a script in order to convey your creative vision through symbolism, dialogues, action, and subtext such as the Three-act structure, the…
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- Screw machine parts
The various parts of a machine designed to manufacture screws, such as the spindle, spindle drive motor, spindle speed change gear, lead cam, front cross slide cam, turret, turret…
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- Screw manufacturing processes
The various manufacturing processes performed to produce metal screws, such as cold heading, thread rolling, thread cutting, and others.
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- Seismic measurement techniques
Variety of seismic measurement and data-processing techniques.
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- Seismology
The scientific field of study that deals with the generation of elastic waves and motion on the Earth's crust and other celestial bodies.
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- Shellfish cultivation systems
Technical design principles of shellfish cultivation systems, such as longline, Bouchot, tressels, suspended culture, tables, bottom culture.
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- Ship hull engineering
The construction and engineering of the watertight body of ships where machines and engineering operations are carried out.
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- Shipping industry
The different services such as liner services, maritime transportation and shipload services offered by maritime organisations and the shipping market including the sale of…
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- Side effects of radiotherapy treatment
The side effects and responses that patients can have after undergoing radiotherapy treatments.
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- Similitude
The theory and art of predicting prototype performance from scale model observations.
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- Ski
The techniques related to skiing such as carve turn, parallel turn and jump turn and the equipment used in skiing.
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- Smart contract programming languages
Essential Smart Contract programming languages include Solidity, Rust, JavaScript, Vyper and Yul.
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- SMED
SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Dies) is a system for dramatically reducing the time it takes to complete equipment changeovers.
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- Snowboard
The techniques related to snowboarding, the styles such as apline snowboarding, free ride, jibbing and the equipment used in snowboarding.
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- Social alliances
The creation of partnerships between different actors (businesses, non-profit organisations or public sector organisations) through which they share resources and knowledge for a…
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- Social entrepreneurship
The process of creating, managing and scaling-up a venture in order to address social challenges.
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- Social entreprise
The business that uses its profits to reinvest in social missions, which have a social or environmental impact on the society.
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- Sociocultural contexts in which animals are kept
An awareness of the human social and cultural contexts in which animals are kept and the impact on their use, care and human-animal interactions.
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- Sociology applied to paramedical science
The fundamental role of sociology for paramedics in developing and maintaining effective relationships, psychological and social factors that influence an individual in health and…
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- Special equipment in emergency
The usage of the specific medical and life support equipment on ambulance vehicles, according to skill level.
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- Specialised astrology software
The software that is used to gather and interpret data on the relevant positioning of celestial objects in order to deduct their influence on human life.
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- Spot welding machine parts
Parts of a machine designed to perform spot welding practices on metal workpieces, such as the air or hydraulic cylinder, welding head, spot welding electrodes, upper platen…
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- Stages of normal development
The main sequential stages of normal development, the cognitive, emotional and social measures of maturation through the human lifespan.
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- Steiner principles
The principles and values of the (Waldorf) Steiner ideology focusing on the foundations of anthroposophy, moral responsibility, creativity, social competency, and spiritual open…
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- Store design layout
Fundamentals in layout and store design in order to achieve an optimal product placement.
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- Street art history
History of street performance and street art traditions.
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- Surface engineering
The engineering discipline that studies ways to counteract environmental deterioration, such as corrosion and deformation of surfaces of materials, by altering the properties of…
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- Surgical instruments
Series of instruments, such as cutting tools, clamps, distractors and forceps, used for medical interventions aiming to repair ruptured tissues, treat injuries or diseases, and…
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- Swaging machine types
Types of machines used for swaging processes in forging, such as the tagging machine, the butt swaging machine, the creeping spindle swaging machine and others.
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- Swaging processes
Processes related to the forging practices of swaging, such as tube swaging, rotary swaging, roller swaging, butt swaging and others.
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- Swimming styles
The different styles and techniques of swimming such as front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.
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- Table grapes manipulation
The growing practices for both new and existing table grape cultivars; trellis design, canopy and fruit management, vine physiology including light and carbohydrate issues, growth…
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- Techniques of practice in art therapy
The direct experience of the therapeutic utility and psychological influence of art processes and materials, and the therapeutic effect of art making, leading to the establishment…
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- Tennis
The techniques and rules of tennis such as the different strokes, types of courts and how to play on them, equipment and scoring.
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- Thanatology
The interdisciplinary study of death and the dying.
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- Theory of constraints
The management philosophy that addresses the constraints faced by profit and non-profit organisations when achieving their goals, and its implications in terms of maximum…
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- Thermal materials
Field of information which distinguishes different kinds of thermally conductive and interface materials such as thermal modules used in electronic instrumentation and several…
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- Thread rolling machine parts
Different parts of a thread rolling machine, such as the radial and vertical roll force, the die block, the moving block, the ram and the vertical roll force sensor, their…
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- Time-display methods
Types of time-display methods of clocks, such as those of analog clocks, digital clocks, word clocks, projection clocks, auditory clocks, multi-display clocks, or tactile clocks.
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- Tobacco manufacturing regulations
Laws, regulations and administrative provisions concerning the manufacture and presentation of tobacco and related products.
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- Tracking principles
The various components to specifying an animal or person's whereabouts by reading and interpreting the trails and signs left behind by them such as foot or paw prints, faeces, or…
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- Traditional wood caulking materials
The various materials traditionally used to fill the seams of wooden boats in order to make them watertight such as, burlap, cotton and white lead.
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- Train cleaning procedures
Field of knowledge which distinguishes different types of equipment and their processes for cleaning and maintaining the interior of trains.
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- Training equipment for riding
Training equipment used in different riding styles such as saddles, bits/curb straps, neck sweats, athletic boots, etc.
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- Treatment of strabismus
The treatment administered in the case of strabismus in patients of all ages.
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- Tube filling systems
Control panels and processes to be controlled and performed by tube filling systems.
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- Tunnel boring machine console
Functions of the buttons, switches, gauges and monitors on a tunnel boring machine console.
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- Type of file
Types of files used for filing metal, wood or plastic workpieces, such as mill files, barrette files, checkering files, coin pointed files, joint round edge files and others.
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- Types of bath tubs
Different types of bath tubs, including sitting baths, baths that open to the side to accommodate people with difficulties entering and exiting regular baths, and whirlpool baths.
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- Types of cartridges
Field of information wich distinguishes different types of cartridges based on size, shape, ignition type and the propellant.
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- Types of chain
Types of chain, such as industrial chain, novelty chain and jewellery chain.
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- Types of embossing
Various kinds of embossing produce different results, alignments, and other kinds of image impressions.
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- Types of engraving stone
Different types of stone suitable for engraving.
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- Types of evaluation
The specificity and intended use of various types of evaluations, such as impact evaluation, process evaluation, performance evaluation, thematic evaluation, etc.
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- Types of folders
The distinction between buckle folders; where paper is folded and squeezed, plow folders that reduce printing costs and include several glue systems, and knife folders that strike…
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- Types of laminators
The different kinds of laminating machines, such as the pouch, heated roll, and cold roll laminator.
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- Types of pallets
The structure, properties and use of the two main types of pallets: stringer and block pallets.
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- Types of perforating machines
The different kinds of perforating machines, such as crown perforators, punching machines, and sweatband perforators.
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- Types of polymers
There are two kinds of absorbent pad polymers.
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- Types of propellants
Field of information which distinguishes different types of propellants such as black gunpowder to forms of smokeless powder derived from nitrocellulose.
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- Types of sanders
Types of electric sanders such palm grip and pistol grip sanders, their features and application.
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- Types of showers
Different types of showers, their aesthetic and functional aspects, their specific installation and maintenance needs, and price points.
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- Types of strabismus
The characteristics of the various types of strabismus such as esotropia and hypertropia.
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- Types of sugars
Variety of sugars and starches from different raw materials.
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- Types of upsetting machines
Types of machines used for upset forging processes, such as the crank press, mechanical upsetting machine, electrical upsetting machine and heading machine.
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- Types of waterways
Field of information which distinguishes different types of man-made waterways such as canals and dams.
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- Types of wire mesh
Various types of mesh used in the wire weaving process, such as crimped wire mesh, welded wire mesh, expanded wire mesh, perforated wire mesh.
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- Upsetting machine parts
Parts of a machine used for upsetting processes in forging metals, such as a heading tool, split dies with multiple cavities and a cut off blade.
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- Video-games functionalities
Characteristics and insights of video-games in order to advise customers accordingly.
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- Video-games trends
Latest developments in the video-games industry.
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- Wood caulking processes
The various processes of filling the seams of wooden boats in order to make them watertight such as using cotton and oakam, hot pitch or marine sealants.
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- Youth-centred approach
Young people’s interests, needs, problems and psychology and their environments, the issues affecting them, and the opportunities and services to support them.
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- Youth work principles
The purpose and fundamental features of youth work: helping young people to reach their full potential.
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- ABBYY FineReader
The computer program ABBYY FineReader is software that electronically converts printed and typed images into machine-encoded text so that documents can be electronically stored…
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- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
The computer program Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a graphical ICT tool which enables digital editing and composition of graphics to generate both 2D raster or 2D vector graphics.
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- Agricultural sector policies
The public administration and regulatory aspects of the agricultural sector, and requirements necessary to create policies.
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- Aluminium alloys
The specific characteristics and applications of alloys with aluminium as the predominant metal.
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- Anger management
Techniques used to identify the reasons behind anger, possible emotional symptoms and various ways to manage anger within a given life situation.
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- Angular
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Angular.
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- Anodising specifications
The various specifications used in the anodising process, three of which are types of aluminium anodisation (chromic acid anodising, sulfric acid anodising and sulfric acid…
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- Application process
The process candidates must complete in order to obtain an academic or professional position, including the techniques that will enhance their chances.
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- Applied kinesiology
An alternative medicine method and chiropractic method using muscle tests to indicate muscle strengths and weaknesses in order to diagnose illness and prescribe treatment to an…
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- Archaeobotany
The study of plant remains at archaeological sites to infer how past civilisations used their environment and to learn about available food sources.
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- Astropsychology
The study that uses astrology for psychological analyses.
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- Aviation English
The de facto international language of civil aviation in English, used in actual situations on board aircraft, in airports, and elsewhere in the aviation chain.
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- Ayurveda medicine
The traditional Indian medical system involving a holistic approach.
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