Abstract
Occupational Skills Profiles sum up characteristics describing various dimensions of qualification requirements, conditions and qualities needed in a given job. Occupational Skills Profiles allow us to identify some sectoral and occupational differences between individual countries.
An Occupational Skills Profile has 7 dimensions (divided into 66 groups at the most detailed level) forming 3 main groups. The construction of Occupational Skills Profiles is based on two pillars - their contents, that is the wealth of available data, is taken mainly from two sources the US O*NET and the European Social Survey and their structure is basically consistent with the European Qualification Framework.
Contrary to other projections, outputs of this task are not focused on the number and qualification of job holders (that is of persons) but on the number of jobs and their requirements. The advantage of the EPC approach of Occupational Skills Profiles compared to some other approaches is that skills, knowledge and other characteristics required for each occupation are not only defined, but also measured, so that they can be compared both between sectors and in time.
Occupational Skills Profiles were determined for 27 occupations in 41 sectors of economy. Than Occupational Skills Profiles for each of EU27 country were computed.