From metrology technician to metrologist
13 of the 48 essential skills of a metrologist are already essential for a metrology technician — about 27% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from metrology technician 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.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 35
- would be new
- 27%
- of the target job covered
- 48
- essential skills of a metrologist
What a metrologist does
Metrologists study and practice the science of measurement. They develop quantity systems, units of measurement and measuring methods to be used in science. Metrologists establish new methods and tools to quantify and better understand information.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- calibrate precision instrument
- create solutions to problems
- instrumentation engineering
- maintain technical equipment
- metrology
- operate precision measuring equipment
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- order equipment
- perform test run
- quality standards
- troubleshoot
- use testing equipment
- write calibration report
What would be new
35 skillsEssential for a metrologist and not for a metrology technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- assemble measuring equipment
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop calibration procedures
- develop measuring equipment
- 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
- 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 research methodology
- speak different languages
- study the relationships between quantities
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
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How far are you from being a metrologist?
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