From cosmetic chemist to toxicologist
34 of the 50 essential skills of a toxicologist are already essential for a cosmetic chemist — about 68% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from cosmetic chemist 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.
- 34
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 68%
- of the target job covered
- 50
- essential skills of a toxicologist
What a toxicologist does
Toxicologists study the effects that chemical substances or biological and physical agents have in living organisms, more specifically, on the environment and on the animal and human health. They determine doses of the exposure to substances for arising toxic effects in environments, people, and living organisms, and also perform experiments on animals and cell cultures.
What carries over
34 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a toxicologist and not for a cosmetic chemist. 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
- advise on poisoning incidents
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply scientific methods
- cancer risks
- gather experimental data
- identify poisons
- life sciences
- maintain laboratory equipment
- mix chemicals
- perform laboratory tests
- perform toxicological studies
- scientific literature
- toxicology
- use chemical analysis equipment
- work safely with chemicals
Other moves from cosmetic chemist
2 roles- biochemist34 skills in common
- chemist33 skills in common
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