# Competences — sports official

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/388155cc-7ab8-46c7-8051-aefc7b276c84).

## Essential

- **apply sport games rules** (skill/competence)
- **assess the quality of sport competitions** (skill/competence)
- **communicate information during sport game** (skill/competence)
- **contribute to the development of a sporting estate** (skill/competence)
- **create relationships with sport competitors** (skill/competence)
- **develop professional network** (skill/competence)
- **interpret sport games rules** (skill/competence)
- **judge sport performances** (skill/competence)
- **listen actively to sport players** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- badminton (knowledge)
- establish relationship with the media (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 27 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

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

### Hard skills

- rule enforcement — **56 %**
- sports officiating — **44 %**
- game management — **26 %**
- conflict resolution — **22 %**

### Responsibilities

- game officiating — **41 %**

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