Professional athlete
Code 3421.1
Professional athletes compete in sports and athletic events. They train on a regular basis and exercise with professional coaches and trainers.
Essential skills
Skills and competences
- adapt lifestyle for sports performance
- implement relevant tactical skills to perform at the highest level in sport
- implement relevant technical skills to perform at the highest level in sport
- apply sport games rules
- work to develop physical ability to perform at the highest level in sport
- assess performance in sport events
- manage sporting career
- participate in sport events
- participate in training sessions
Transversal competences
- develop strong attitudes in sports
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Sources
This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences