| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| ESCO | European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations |
| CEPIS | Council of European Professional Informatics Societies |
| CEN | European Committee for Standardization |
| ESSA | Blueprint “New Skills Agenda Steel”: Industry-driven sustainable European Steel Skills Agenda and Strategy |
| DRIVES | Development and Research on Innovative Vocational Educational Skills |
| APPRENTICESHIPQ | Mainstreaming Procedures for Quality Apprenticeships in Educational Organisations and Enterprises |
| SMeART | Knowledge Alliance for Upskilling Europe’s SMES to Meet the Challenges of Smart Engineering |
| SMEs | Small and Medium Enterprises |
| ISCO | International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ILO | International Labor Organization |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| VBA | Visual Basic for Applications |
| HACCP | Hazard analysis and critical control points |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practice |