Occupation Atlasmember of parliament
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5bca96fd-4203-400b-be58-9e9b50bc98da
member of parliament
Members of parliament represent their political party's interests in parliaments. They perform legislative duties, developing and proposing new laws, and communicate with government officials to assess current issues and government operations. They oversee the implementation of laws and policies and function as government representatives to the public to ensure transparency.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ESCEnterprising · Social · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising5.52
- S Social3.69
- C Conventional3.62
- I Investigative3.35
- A Artistic2.70
- R Realistic1.54
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Legislators (11-1031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- EU law
- analyse legislation
- constitutional law
- engage in debates
- ensure information transparency
- good governance
- government policy implementation
- legislation procedure
- make legislative decisions
- manage government policy implementation
- perform political negotiation
- prepare legislation proposition
- present legislation proposition
- rhetoric
Optional (16)
- advise on legislative acts
- apply conflict management
- assess risk factors
- build international relations
- conduct public presentations
- establish collaborative relations
- government representation
- liaise with local authorities
- monitor political conflicts
- perform government ceremonies
- perform public relations
- political campaigning
- political parties
- political science
- promote political campaign
- public law
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 14 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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3 shared · 7 more of its ownanalyse legislation, constitutional law, legislation procedure
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