From chromatographer to chemist
12 of the 55 essential skills of a chemist are already essential for a chromatographer — about 22% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 43
- would be new
- 22%
- of the target job covered
- 55
- essential skills of a chemist
What a chemist does
Chemists perform laboratory research by testing and analysing the chemical structure of substances.They translate the research results into industrial production processes which are further used in the development or improvement of products. Chemists are also testing the quality of the manufactured products and their environmental impact.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply liquid chromatography
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply scientific methods
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- document analysis results
- laboratory techniques
- manage chemical testing procedures
- oxidation
- prepare chemical samples
- test chemical samples
- use chemical analysis equipment
- use chromatography software
What would be new
43 skillsEssential for a chemist and not for a chromatographer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise on chemical use reduction
- analyse chemical substances
- analytical chemistry
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop chemical products
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- green chemistry
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- inorganic chemistry
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- 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 project management
- perform scientific research
- physics
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- run laboratory simulations
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- spectroscopy
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- translate formulae into processes
and 3 more
Other moves from chromatographer
1 roles- chemistry technician20 skills in common
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