1. This Decision establishes the list of skills, competences and occupations of the European classification to be used for the operation of the EURES common IT platform as provided for in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589 and lays down the procedures to update and review this list.
2. For the purpose of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:
(a)
‘Skills and competences’ consist of:
(1)
‘knowledge’ as the outcome of the assimilation of information through learning, resulting in a body of facts, principles, theories and practices that is related to a field of work or study;
(2)
‘skills’ as the ability to apply knowledge and use know-how to complete tasks and solve problems;
(3)
‘competences’ as the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and personal, social and/or methodological abilities, in work or study situations and in professional and personal development.
(b)
‘Occupation’ means a grouping of jobs involving similar tasks and requiring a similar skills set, whereas a ‘job’ means a set of tasks and responsibilities executed by one person in a specific work context;
(c)
‘List’ means an enumeration of unique identifiers that are representing occupations or skills and competences, accompanied by metadata;
(d)
‘Minor corrections’ means modifications to the adopted lists of skills, competences and occupations of the European classification to correct errors in translation or spelling and other obvious mistakes that do not modify neither the structure of the classification nor the meaning of the terms or other content.
(e)
‘ESCO service platform’ means the website on which the Commission makes the classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations available and which is publicly accessible ( 2 ) .