typist/references/skills.md

Competences — typist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/22f86890-f68b-402f-a711-3e6df4913271).

Essential

• align content with form (skill/competence)
• apply grammar and spelling rules (skill/competence)
• company policies (knowledge)
• decode handwritten texts (skill/competence)
• draft corporate emails (skill/competence)
• liaise with typists (skill/competence)
• pose questions referring to documents (skill/competence)
• provide written content (skill/competence)
• transcription methods (knowledge)
• type error-free documents (skill/competence)
• use dictionaries (skill/competence)
• use free typing techniques (skill/competence)
• use microsoft office (skill/competence)

Optional

• audio technology (knowledge)
• compile content (skill/competence)
• content development processes (knowledge)
• digitise documents (skill/competence)
• ensure proper document management (skill/competence)
• integrate content into output media (skill/competence)
• maintain customer records (skill/competence)
• manage digital documents (skill/competence)
• operate audio equipment (skill/competence)
• perform office routine activities (skill/competence)
• stenography (knowledge)
• translate keywords into full texts (skill/competence)
• type texts from audio sources (skill/competence)
• use databases (skill/competence)
• use shorthand (skill/competence)
• use shorthand computer program (skill/competence)
• use spreadsheets software (skill/competence)
• use stenotype machines (skill/competence)
• use word processing software (skill/competence)
• write meeting reports (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 51 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

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

Hard skills

• data entry — 49 %
• proofreading — 31 %
• typing — 22 %
• document formatting — 20 %
• editing — 20 %