# Competences — chief data officer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e297ec12-4712-40a4-ad98-ba004cacb205).

## Essential

- **apply information security policies** (skill/competence)
- **business processes** (knowledge)
- **data ethics** (knowledge)
- **data mining** (knowledge)
- **data science** (knowledge)
- **data storage** (knowledge)
- **decision support systems** (knowledge)
- **define data quality criteria** (skill/competence)
- **define technology strategy** (skill/competence)
- **information structure** (knowledge)
- **make data-driven decisions** (skill/competence)
- **manage data** (skill/competence)
- **manage ICT data architecture** (skill/competence)
- **manage ICT data classification** (skill/competence)
- **utilise decision support system** (skill/competence)
- **visual presentation techniques** (knowledge)

## Optional

- apply change management (skill/competence)
- business intelligence (knowledge)
- CA Datacom/DB (knowledge)
- cloud technologies (knowledge)
- coordinate technological activities (skill/competence)
- data engineering (knowledge)
- data models (knowledge)
- data quality assessment (knowledge)
- database (knowledge)
- database development tools (knowledge)
- database management systems (knowledge)
- DB2 (knowledge)
- deliver visual presentation of data (skill/competence)
- develop information security strategy (skill/competence)
- Filemaker (database management systems) (knowledge)
- IBM Informix (knowledge)
- image recognition (knowledge)
- implement ICT risk management (skill/competence)
- information architecture (knowledge)
- information categorisation (knowledge)
- information confidentiality (knowledge)
- information extraction (knowledge)
- information security strategy (knowledge)
- integrate ICT data (skill/competence)
- LDAP (knowledge)
- LINQ (knowledge)
- manage business knowledge (skill/competence)
- MDX (knowledge)
- Microsoft Access (knowledge)
- MySQL (knowledge)
- N1QL (knowledge)
- ObjectStore (knowledge)
- online analytical processing (knowledge)
- OpenEdge Database (knowledge)
- Oracle Relational Database (knowledge)
- PostgreSQL (knowledge)
- query languages (knowledge)
- report analysis results (skill/competence)
- resource description framework query language (knowledge)
- SPARQL (knowledge)
- SQL Server (knowledge)
- Teradata Database (knowledge)
- unstructured data (knowledge)
- use databases (skill/competence)
- XQuery (knowledge)