Content analysis of occupational definitions

The methodological process followed for the competence assignment has considered two main phases. In a first phase, a taxonomic analysis has been carried out, identifying and systematizing the tasks included in around the 1.300 definitions of the two main occupational classification systems SOC-2018 and ISCO-2008. Once systematized, it has been assigned to key competences from the European Reference Framework on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning established by the European Commission (European Council, 2018). In a second phase, and on the basis of the results obtained, an analysis of competences has been developed. To make it possible, it has been established two indexes that measure to what extent a competence is relevant to an occupation, quantifying if such competence is present in all the tasks performed for such occupation or just in some or even if it is not (extension). The second index, specialization, measures to what extent a given competence is the most important of the tasks developed by an occupation, or if on the contrary, it is only one of the required competences.