working with machinery and specialised equipment
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S8.0 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
Description
Controlling, operating and monitoring vehicles, stationary and mobile machinery and precision instrumentation and equipment.
Excludes:
– Interacting with computers
S8.1 - operating mobile plant
Controlling the operation of machinery whose mobility is an integral part of its function, such as earthmoving, agricultural, forestry and lifting equipment.
S8.2 - driving vehicles
Description
Driving vehicles on or off road, such as motorcycles, cars, vans, trucks and buses, for the transportation of goods or people by road.
Includes driving vehicles on and off road capabilities whose purpose is the transportation of goods or people
Examples:
– Drive at high speed
S8.3 - operating watercraft
Operating and controlling the movement of watercraft and underwater vessels, including ships, boats and other types of vessel.
Examples:
– Operate mechanical equipment of ships
– Operate small craft
– Use fishing vessel equipment
– Navigate European inland waterways
– Steer vessels
S8.4 - operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials
Description
Operating and monitoring various types of mechanically-controlled or computer-controlled stationary machinery for the extraction or processing of raw materials.
Excludes:
– Operating centralized process control equipment
- S8.4.0 - operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials
- S8.4.1 - operating mining, drilling and mineral processing machinery
- S8.4.2 - operating metal processing and finishing machinery
- S8.4.3 - operating pumping systems or equipment
- S8.4.4 - operating energy production or distribution equipment
- S8.4.5 - operating petroleuem, chemical or water processing systems or equipment
- S8.4.6 - operating wood processing and papermaking machinery
- S8.4.7 - operating kilns, furnaces and drying equipment
S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products
Operating and monitoring various types of mechanically-controlled or computer-controlled stationary machinery for the manufacture of goods.
- S8.5.0 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products
- S8.5.1 - operating painting or coating machinery
- S8.5.2 - operating packaging machinery
- S8.5.3 - operating machinery for the manufacture and treatment of textiles, fur and leather products
- S8.5.4 - operating food processing machinery
- S8.5.5 - operating mixing and separating machinery
- S8.5.6 - operating print and photographic production equipment
- S8.5.7 - operating metal, plastic or rubber forming equipment
- S8.5.8 - operating cutting, grinding and smoothing machinery
S8.6 - using precision instrumentation and equipment
Description
Controlling, monitoring, and adjusting precision instrumentation and equipment for a wide range of purposes.
Excludes:
– Installing and setting up precision equipment
- S8.6.0 - using precision instrumentation and equipment
- S8.6.1 - operating medical equipment
- S8.6.2 - operating audio-visual equipment
- S8.6.3 - operating scientific and laboratory equipment
- S8.6.4 - operating communications equipment
- S8.6.5 - operating precision industrial equipment
- S8.6.6 - using precision measuring equipment
S8.7 - installing, maintaining and repairing mechanical equipment
Installing, maintaining and repairing stationary and mobile mechanical equipment, components and devices.
Excludes:
– Installing, maintaining and repairing mechatronic or robotic equipment and components
S8.8 - installing, maintaining and repairing electrical, electronic and precision equipment
Description
Installing, setting-up, maintaining and repairing electrical and electronic equipment, and control systems, scientific devices, instrumentation and precision equipment.
Excludes:
– Installing computer software, and configuring computer networks
S8.9 - operating aircraft
Controlling the movement of aircraft, including fixed wing aircraft, helicopters and drones.
Examples:
– Perform take-off and landing
– Drive helicopter under emergency conditions
– Operate cockpit control panels