cosmetic chemist
Cosmetic chemists develop formulas in order to create and test new cosmetic products and improve existing cosmetic products such as perfumes and fragrances, lipstick, waterproof lotions and makeup, hair dye, soaps and detergents with special properties, topical medicines or health supplements.
Also called: formulation development chemist, cosmetics formulation development chemist, skin care formulation chemist, cosmetics research chemist, cosmetics development chemist, research chemist, cosmetics development formulator, cosmetics formulator
- 44
- essential skills
- 15
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2113
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
44- adhere to Standard Operating Procedures
- analytical chemistry
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements
- cosmetics ingredients
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- examine production samples
- formulate cosmetic products
- good manufacturing practices
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- laboratory techniques
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- perform chemical experiments
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- recommend product improvements
- report analysis results
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- test beauty products
- think abstractly
- troubleshoot cosmetics formula issues
- write scientific publications
Optional skills
15- apply blended learning
- chemical preservation
- communicate production plan
- communicate with external laboratories
- control production
- develop strategy to solve problems
- ensure safety in the production area
- give instructions to staff
- market analysis
- microbiology-bacteriology
- organic chemistry
- project management principles
- quality assurance methodologies
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- train employees
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