Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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occupational therapy assistant
ESCO occupation · 23 essential, 22 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
apply techniques of occupational therapy
remediate healthcare user's occupational performance
ensure safety of healthcare users
instruct on the use of special equipment for daily activities
exercise patience
community-based rehabilitation
occupational science
hygiene in a health care setting
follow clinical guidelines
movement techniques
assist healthcare users achieve autonomy in everyday activities
health care occupation-specific ethics
monitor patients' progress related to treatment
listen actively
vocational rehabilitation
interact with healthcare users
facilitate healthcare user's engagement in occupations
develop therapeutic relationships
supervision of persons
occupational physiology
communicate effectively in healthcare
ergonomics
empathise with the healthcare user
Optional & specialised skills
provide health education
human physiology
perform patient activity analyses
health care legislation
apply health sciences
mechanotherapy
neurology
record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
occupational therapy theories
geriatrics
general medicine
orthopaedics
physical medicine
rehabilitation
perform occupation analyses
develop a rehabilitation programme
work in multidisciplinary health teams
assist in performing physical exercises
create individual treatment programmes
deal with emergency care situations
first aid
kinesiology
Other matches: physiotherapy assistant · occupational therapist · healthcare assistant · maternity support worker · assistant clinical psychologist
Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill
actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above
are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.