# Competences — woodcarver

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b9d03330-c71c-4827-8797-3e96249d54db).

## Essential

- **apply wood finishes** (skill/competence)
- **carve materials** (skill/competence)
- **check quality of raw materials** (skill/competence)
- **clean wood surface** (skill/competence)
- **join wood elements** (skill/competence)
- **maintain edged hand tools** (skill/competence)
- **manipulate wood** (skill/competence)
- **operate wood sawing equipment** (skill/competence)
- **recognise signs of wood rot** (skill/competence)
- **sand wood** (skill/competence)
- **tend lathe** (skill/competence)
- **turn wood** (skill/competence)
- **types of wood** (knowledge)
- **use wood carving knives** (skill/competence)
- **wood cuts** (knowledge)
- **woodworking processes** (knowledge)
- **woodworking tools** (knowledge)

## Optional

- advise customers on wood products (skill/competence)
- answer requests for quotation (skill/competence)
- apply restoration techniques (skill/competence)
- clean engraved areas (skill/competence)
- decorate furniture (skill/competence)
- design objects to be crafted (skill/competence)
- dry wood (skill/competence)
- dye wood (skill/competence)
- engrave patterns (skill/competence)
- estimate restoration costs (skill/competence)
- evaluate restoration procedures (skill/competence)
- keep personal administration (skill/competence)
- maintain equipment (skill/competence)
- manage supplies (skill/competence)
- negotiate supplier arrangements (skill/competence)
- operate engraving equipment (skill/competence)
- operate manual planer (skill/competence)
- prepare workpieces for engraving (skill/competence)
- prepare workpieces for etching (skill/competence)
- sell furniture (skill/competence)
- sell household goods (skill/competence)
- stain wood (skill/competence)
- store products (skill/competence)
- technical drawings (knowledge)
- treat wood (skill/competence)
- types of arrows (knowledge)
- use painting equipment (skill/competence)