From ecologist to conservation scientist
37 of the 52 essential skills of a conservation scientist are already essential for a ecologist — about 71% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from ecologist 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
- 15
- would be new
- 71%
- of the target job covered
- 52
- essential skills of a conservation scientist
What a conservation scientist does
Conservation scientists manage the quality of specific forests, parks and other natural resources. They protect the wildlife habitat, biodiversity, scenic value, and other unique attributes of preserves and conservation lands. Conservation scientists perform field work.
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
15 skillsEssential for a conservation scientist and not for a ecologist. 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 nature conservation
- animal species
- business management principles
- conduct educational activities
- coordinate educational programmes
- develop environmental policy
- educate people about nature
- educate the public about wildlife
- estimate duration of work
- geographic information systems
- manage contracts
- reforestation
- respond to enquiries
- sustainable forest management
- use ICT resources to solve work related tasks
Other moves from ecologist
2 roles- aquaculture biologist32 skills in common
- behavioural scientist32 skills in common
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How far are you from being a conservation scientist?
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