From epidemiologist to physicist
35 of the 50 essential skills of a physicist are already essential for a epidemiologist — about 70% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from epidemiologist 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.
- 35
- skills carry over
- 15
- would be new
- 70%
- of the target job covered
- 50
- essential skills of a physicist
What a physicist does
Physicists are scientists who study physical phenomena. They focus their research depending on their specialisation, which can range from atomic particle physics to the study of phenomena in the universe. They apply their findings for the improvement of society by contributing to the development of energy supplies, treatment of illness, game development, cutting-edge equipment, and daily use objects.
What carries over
35 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
- apply scientific methods
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- 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
- gather experimental data
- 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
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- 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 literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- statistics
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
15 skillsEssential for a physicist and not for a epidemiologist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- communicate mathematical information
- computational physics
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- laboratory techniques
- mathematical modelling
- mathematics
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform laboratory tests
- physics
- quantum computing
- quantum technology
- spectroscopy
- supercomputing
- use measurement instruments
Other moves from epidemiologist
2 roles- behavioural scientist35 skills in common
- demographer35 skills in common
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