Practical skills: list by number of occupationsPage 4 of 100
Things you need to be able to do at work. The ones the most occupations require come first.
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- Create technical plans
Create detailed technical plans of machinery, equipment, tools and other products.
practical skillneeded in 50 occupations
- Lead a team
Lead, supervise and motivate a group of people, in order to meet the expected results within a given timeline and with the foreseen resources in mind.
practical skillneeded in 50 occupations
- Prepare youths for adulthood
Work with children and young people to identify the skills and abilities they will need for their transition to become independent and self-sufficient adults.
practical skillneeded in 50 occupations
- Perform product testing
Test processed workpieces or products for basic faults.
practical skillneeded in 50 occupations
- Maintain professional administration
File and organise professional administration documents comprehensively, keep customer records, fill in forms or log books and prepare documents about company-related matter.
practical skillneeded in 50 occupations
- Apply decision making within social work
Take decisions when called for, staying within the limits of granted authority and considering the input from the service user and other caregivers.
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Obtain relevant licenses
Comply with specific legal regulations, e.g. install the necessary systems and provide the necessary documentation, in order to obtain the relevant license.
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Deal with emergency care situations
Assess the signs and be well-prepared for a situation that poses an immediate threat to a person's health, security, property or environment.
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Analyse financial performance of a company
Analyse the performance of the company in financial matters in order to identify improvement actions that could increase profit, based on accounts, records, financial statements…
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Support the positiveness of youths
Help children and young people to assess their social, emotional and identity needs and to develop a positive self image, enhance their self esteem and improve their self reliance.
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Prospect new customers
Initiate activities in order to attract new and interesting customers.
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Perform resource planning
Estimate the expected input in terms of time, human and financial resources necessary to achieve the project objectives.
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
Conduct routine maintenance on equipment.
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Manage a small-to-medium business
Manage the organisational, financial and day-to-day operation of a small-to-medium enterprise.
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Use foreign languages in patient care
Communicate in foreign languages with healthcare users, their carers, or services providers.
practical skillneeded in 49 occupations
- Supervise merchandise displays
Work closely together with visual display staff to decide how items should be displayed, in order to maximise customer interest and product sales.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Ensure conformity to specifications
Ensure that the assembled products are conform to the specifications given.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Adapt to artists' creative demands
Work with artists, striving to understand the creative vision and adapting to it.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Respond to changing situations in health care
Cope with pressure and respond appropriately and in time to unexpected and rapidly changing situations in healthcare.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Optimise production processes parameters
Optimise and maintain the parameters of the production process such as flow, temperature or pressure.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Handle veterinary emergencies
Handle unforeseen incidents concerning animals and circumstances which call for urgent action in an appropriate professional manner.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Supervise work
Direct and supervise the day-to-day activities of subordinate personnel.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Promote the safeguarding of young people
Understand safeguarding and what should be done in cases of actual or potential harm or abuse.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Use spreadsheets software
Use software tools to create and edit tabular data to carry out mathematical calculations, organise data and information, create diagrams based on data and to retrieve them.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Program a CNC controller
Set up the desired product design in the CNC controller of the CNC machine for product manufacturing.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Escort students on a field trip
Accompany students on an educational trip outside the school environment and ensure their safety and cooperation.
practical skillneeded in 48 occupations
- Oversee promotional sales prices
Ensure that sale prices and promotions are passed through the register as they should.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Involve service users and carers in care planning
Evaluate the needs of individuals in relation to their care, involve families or carers in supporting the development and implementation of support plans.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Meet standards of practice in social services
Practice social care and social work in a lawful, safe and effective way according to standards.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Examine merchandise
Control items put up for sale are correctly priced and displayed and that they function as advertised.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Abide by business ethical code of conducts
Conform and follow the ethical code of conducts promoted by companies and businesses at large.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Maintain store cleanliness
Keep the store tidy and clean by hovering and mopping.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Manage healthcare users' data
Keep accurate client records which also satisfy legal and professional standards and ethical obligations in order to facilitate client management, ensuring that all clients' data…
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Interpret financial statements
Read, understand, and interpret the key lines and indicators in financial statements.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Control of expenses
Monitor and maintain effective cost controls, in regards to efficiencies, waste, overtime and staffing.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Assess environmental impact
Monitor environmental impacts and carry out assessments in order to identify and to reduce the organisation's environmental risks while taking costs into account.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Monitor conveyor belt
Monitor the flow of the work pieces on the conveyor belt as they are processed by the machine to ensure optimal productivity.
practical skillneeded in 47 occupations
- Protect vulnerable social service users
Intervene to provide physical, moral and psychological support to people in dangerous or difficult situations and to remove to a place of safety where appropriate.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Conduct interview in social service
Induce clients, colleagues, executives, or public officials to talk fully, freely, and truthfully, so as to explore the interviewee`s experiences, attitudes, and opinions.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Develop financial statistics reports
Create financial and statistical reports based on collected data which are to be presented to managing bodies of an organisation.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
Develop a mutually collaborative therapeutic relationship during treatment, fostering and gaining healthcare users' trust and cooperation.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Use e-health and mobile health technologies
Use mobile health technologies and e-health (online applications and services) in order to enhance the provided healthcare.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Apply grammar and spelling rules
Apply the rules of spelling and grammar and ensure consistency throughout texts.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Analyse business plans
Analyse the formal statements from businesses which outline their business goals and the strategies they set in place to meet them, in order to assess the feasibility of the plan…
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Identify security threats
Identify security threats during investigations, inspections, or patrols, and perform the necessary actions to minimise or neutralise the threat.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Give instructions to staff
Give instructions to subordinates by employing various communication techniques.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Operate radio equipment
Set up and operate radio devices and accessories, such as broadcast consoles, amplifiers, and microphones.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Cooperate with colleagues
Cooperate with colleagues in order to ensure that operations run effectively.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Work in a food processing team
Collaborate in a team with other food processing professionals in service of the food & beverages industry.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Conduct scholarly research
Plan scholarly research by formulating the research question and conducting empirical or literature research in order to investigate the truth of the research question.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Dispose food waste
Dispose or collect food waste with the purpose of recycling or throwing away from the production process.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Provide career counselling
Advise beneficiaries on future career options through counselling and, potentially, through career testing and evaluation.
practical skillneeded in 46 occupations
- Process refunds
Resolve customer inquiries for returns, exchange of merchandise, refunds or bill adjustments.
practical skillneeded in 45 occupations
- Stock shelves
Refill shelves with merchandise to be sold.
practical skillneeded in 45 occupations
- Be at ease in unsafe environments
Be at ease in unsafe environments like being exposed to dust, rotating equipment, hot surfaces, sub-freezing and cold storage areas, noise, wet floors and moving lift equipment.
practical skillneeded in 45 occupations
- Dispose of cutting waste material
Dispose of possibly hazardous waste material created in the cutting process, such as swarf, scrap and slugs, sort according to regulations, and clean up workplace.
practical skillneeded in 45 occupations
- Work in textile manufacturing teams
Work harmoniously with colleagues in teams in the textile and clothing manufacturing industries.
practical skillneeded in 45 occupations
- Greet guests
Welcome guests in a friendly manner in a certain place.
practical skillneeded in 45 occupations
- Undertake inspections
Undertake safety inspections in areas of concern to identify and report potential hazards or security breaches; take measures to maximise safety standards.
practical skillneeded in 45 occupations
- Reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
Assess the environmental impact of footwear manufacture and minimise environmental risks.
practical skillneeded in 45 occupations
- Ensure sanitation
Keep workspaces and equipment free from dirt, infection, and disease by removing waste, trash and providing for appropriate cleaning.
practical skillneeded in 44 occupations
- Consult information sources
Consult relevant information sources to find inspiration, to educate yourself on certain topics and to acquire background information.
practical skillneeded in 44 occupations
- Apply strategic thinking
Apply generation and effective application of business insights and possible opportunities, in order to achieve competitive business advantage on a long-term basis.
practical skillneeded in 44 occupations
- Use precision tools
Use electronic, mechanical, electric, or optical precision tools, such as drilling machines, grinders, gear cutters and milling machines to boost accuracy while machining products.
practical skillneeded in 44 occupations
- Negotiate supplier arrangements
Reach an agreement with the supplier upon technical, quantity, quality, price, conditions, storage, packaging, send-back and other requirements related to the purchasing and…
practical skillneeded in 44 occupations
- Promote service users' rights
Supporting client`s rights to control his or her life, making informed choices about the services they receive, respecting and, where appropriate, promoting the individual views…
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Prevent shoplifting
Identify shoplifters and methods by which shoplifters try to steal.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Managing a business with great care
Detailed and thorough treatment of transactions, compliance with regulations and supervision of employees, safeguarding a smooth running of daily operations.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Organise storage facilities
Order the contents of a storage area to improve efficiency with respect to the inflow and outflow of the stored items.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Operate scientific measuring equipment
Operate devices, machinery, and equipment designed for scientific measurement.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Conduct routine machinery checks
Check machinery and equipment to ensure reliable performance during use and operations in worksites.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Support children's wellbeing
Provide an environment that supports and values children and helps them to manage their own feelings and relationships with others.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Advise on legislative acts
Advise officials in a legislature on the propositioning of new bills and the consideration of items of legislation.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Report test findings
Report test results with a focus on findings and recommendations, differentiating results by levels of severity.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Read maps
Read maps effectively.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Write technical reports
Compose technical customer reports understandable for people without technical background.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Apply restoration techniques
Select and apply appropriate restoration techniques in order to achieve the required restoration goals.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Operate lifting equipment
Transport heavy objects using lifting equipment such as cranes, forklifts etc.
practical skillneeded in 43 occupations
- Carry out order intake
Take in of purchase requests for items that are currently unavailable.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Provide customer guidance on product selection
Provide suitable advice and assistance so that customers find the exact goods and services they were looking for.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Clean food and beverage machinery
Clean machinery used for food or beverage production processes.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Control trade commercial documentation
Monitor written records containing information related to commercial transactions such as invoice, letter of credit, order, shipping, certificate of origin.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Read assembly drawings
Read and interpret drawings listing all the parts and subassemblies of a certain product.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Assist scientific research
Assist engineers or scientists with conducting experiments, performing analysis, developing new products or processes, constructing theory, and quality control.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Promote environmental awareness
Promote sustainability and raise awareness about the environmental impact of human and industrial activity based on the carbon footprints of business processes and other practices.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Fix meetings
Fix and schedule professional appointments or meetings for clients or superiors.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Manage accounts
Manage the accounts and financial activities of an organisation, supervising that all the documents are correctly maintained, that all the information and calculations are…
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Maintain test equipment
Maintain equipment used for testing the quality of systems and products.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Develop scientific theories
Formulate scientific theories based on empirical observations, gathered data and theories of other scientists.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Assist students with their dissertation
Support university students with the writing of their paper or theses.
practical skillneeded in 42 occupations
- Cooperate at inter-professional level
Cooperate with people in other sectors in relation to social service work.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Plan aftersales arrangements
Come to an agreement with the customer about the delivery, setup and service of the goods; perform appropriate measures to ensure delivery.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Carry out products preparation
Assemble and prepare goods and demonstrate their functionalities to customers.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Carry out checks of production plant equipment
Carry out checks of the machinery and equipment used in the production plant.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Analyse a script
Break down a script by analysing the dramaturgy, form, themes and structure of a script.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Advise on healthcare users' informed consent
Ensure patients/clients are fully informed about the risks and benefits of proposed treatments so they can give informed consent, engaging patients/clients in the process of their…
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Prepare scientific reports
Prepare reports that describe results and processes of scientific or technical research, or assess its progress.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Conduct quality control analysis
Conduct inspections and tests of services, processes, or products to evaluate quality.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Translate artistic concepts to technical designs
Cooperate with the artistic team in order to facilitate the transition from the creative vision and its artistic concepts to a technical design.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
- Analyse work-related written reports
Read and comprehend job-related reports, analyse the content of reports and apply findings to daily work operations.
practical skillneeded in 41 occupations
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