From conservation scientist to ecologist
37 of the 45 essential skills of a ecologist are already essential for a conservation scientist — about 82% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from conservation scientist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 37
- skills carry over
- 8
- would be new
- 82%
- of the target job covered
- 45
- essential skills of a ecologist
What a ecologist does
Ecologists carry out assessments of the health and distribution of organisms, namely people, plants, and animals, and the relationship between organisms and their environment. Ecologists usually have a specialisation area, e.g. freshwater, marine, terrestrial, fauna, and flora about which they conduct research and perform related tasks.
What carries over
37 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- biology
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- ecology
- ecosystem management
- environmental legislation
- evaluate research activities
- habitat restoration
- identify plants characteristics
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- 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
- measure trees
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- 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
- scientific literature
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
- write work-related reports
What would be new
8 skillsEssential for a ecologist and not for a conservation scientist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from conservation scientist
2 roles- aquaculture biologist31 skills in common
- behavioural scientist31 skills in common
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How far are you from being a ecologist?
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