# Competences — pastoral worker

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/665266cb-50dd-44a5-a920-ab04c67e251a).

## Essential

- **build community relations** (skill/competence)
- **establish collaborative relations** (skill/competence)
- **mentor individuals** (skill/competence)
- **observe confidentiality** (skill/competence)
- **perform religious ceremonies** (skill/competence)
- **promote religious activities** (skill/competence)
- **provide charity services** (skill/competence)
- **provide spiritual counselling** (skill/competence)
- **respond to enquiries** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- apply knowledge of human behaviour (skill/competence)
- budgetary principles (knowledge)
- conduct educational activities (skill/competence)
- coordinate charity services (skill/competence)
- crisis intervention (knowledge)
- develop educational resources (skill/competence)
- interpret religious texts (skill/competence)
- manage administrative systems (skill/competence)
- manage fundraising activities (skill/competence)
- manage staff (skill/competence)
- manage volunteers (skill/competence)
- perform fundraising activities (skill/competence)
- perform ritual cleaning activities (skill/competence)
- plan youth programmes (skill/competence)
- prepare religious services (skill/competence)
- provide social counselling (skill/competence)
- psychological counselling methods (knowledge)
- reinforce positive behaviour (skill/competence)
- represent religious institution (skill/competence)
- show intercultural awareness (skill/competence)
- support volunteers (skill/competence)
- teach religious texts (skill/competence)
- write work-related reports (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 37 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- pastoral care — **51 %**

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