From museum scientist to cosmetic chemist
29 of the 44 essential skills of a cosmetic chemist are already essential for a museum scientist — about 66% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 29
- skills carry over
- 15
- would be new
- 66%
- of the target job covered
- 44
- essential skills of a cosmetic chemist
What a cosmetic chemist does
Cosmetic chemists develop formulas in order to create and test new cosmetic products and improve existing cosmetic products such as perfumes and fragrances, lipstick, waterproof lotions and makeup, hair dye, soaps and detergents with special properties, topical medicines or health supplements.
What carries over
29 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
- 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
- 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 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
- report analysis results
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
15 skillsEssential for a cosmetic chemist and not for a museum scientist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adhere to Standard Operating Procedures
- analytical chemistry
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements
- cosmetics ingredients
- examine production samples
- formulate cosmetic products
- good manufacturing practices
- laboratory techniques
- perform chemical experiments
- perform project management
- recommend product improvements
- scientific research methodology
- test beauty products
- troubleshoot cosmetics formula issues
Other moves from museum scientist
2 roles- epidemiologist29 skills in common
- computer hardware engineer29 skills in common
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