1. Agriculture, Forestry & Fishery Reference Group
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2. Relevance of ESCO initiative
Very diverse occupations
Need for skilled workforce
Increase of the technology
High frequency of geographical mobility
Initiatives from the social partners
occupations competences education
Very diverse occupations means that the 3 subsectors are being quite different and that in each sector you have very different type of jobs
Need for skilled workforce: I would like to take these examples: knowledge of plant cycle in agriculture, mechanisation in forestry and veterinary knowledge in aquaculture
Increase of the technology: this sector is like any other: technology is ever increasing
High frequency of geographical mobility: this is a trend of the sector: ex. winemaking or forestry services abroad
Initiatives from the social partners: social partners and the stakeholders took initatiatives: agripass and european traineeship in ag conctractors…
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The ESCO “guinea pig”
Launch in March 2012
Methodology
Organisation of work
Scope of the sector
Overlaps
Launch in March 2012: we were one of the two sectoral Reference Groups
Methodology: Mandate was (still is) clear but the methodology was the settled (panel, experts), coordination with maintenance group was clear
Organisation of work: at that time: synapse was not yet operation, only one-day meeting, terminological guidelines not final…
Scope of the sector: Although NACE code was used to set-up the reference group, we had to define precisely at different levels what was in the scope of our group (local types of jobs, landscape gardeners and vets in aquaculture in or out; farriers…)
Overlaps: then we had to organise the request when there were overlaps.
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Finalised work
Sectoral breakdown
List of the occupations
List of sources
Definition (partly)
Sectoral breakdown:
List of the occupations
List of sources
Definition (partly)
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5. "ESCO Goes Live", 23-24 October 2013
Finalised work
Sectoral breakdown:
List of the occupations
List of sources
Definition (partly)
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To be completed
Definitions and NPTs
Essential and/or optional SC per occupation
Hierarchy for job specific SC for the sector
List up qualifications
Relations to occupations, skills, competences and knowledge
Deadline: June/July 2014
Quite clear
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Challenges for ESCO
Translations
Synergy with other existing tools such as agripass.eu
Synergy with national initiatives
Maintenance – review of the system
Translations: This is quite a challenge !
Synergy with other existing tools: we believe in the usefulness of ESCO but it has to create bridge with other initiatives such as Agripass
Synergy with national initiatives: There are already operating systems describing occupations and competences (Rome, Competence) and some national stakholders are already basing their activities.
Maintenance – review of the system: Considering the difficulties to create the definitions
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8. Thank you for your attention
Challenges for ESCO
Thank you for your attention
Translations: This is quite a challenge !
Synergy with other existing tools: we believe in the usefulness of ESCO but it has to create bridge with other initiatives such as Agripass
Synergy with national initiatives: There are already operating systems describing occupations and competences (Rome, Competence) and some national stakholders are already basing their activities.
Maintenance – review of the system: Considering the difficulties to create the definitions
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