From urban planner to agricultural scientist
29 of the 53 essential skills of a agricultural scientist are already essential for a urban planner — about 55% 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
- 24
- would be new
- 55%
- of the target job covered
- 53
- essential skills of a agricultural scientist
What a agricultural scientist does
Agricultural scientists research and study soil, animals and plants with the objective of improving agricultural processes, the quality of agricultural products or the impact of agricultural processes on the environment. They plan and implement projects such as development projects on behalf of clients or institutions.
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
- environmental policy
- 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
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
What would be new
24 skillsEssential for a agricultural scientist and not for a urban planner. 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 efficiency improvements
- advise on soil and water protection
- agroecology
- agroforestry
- bioeconomy
- create soil and plant improvement programmes
- cultivate crops for biomass
- e-agriculture
- educate on recycling regulations
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- identify process improvements
- livestock farming systems
- monitor the farm environmental management plan
- perform market research
- project management
- project management principles
- provide advice to farmers
- provide advice to hatcheries
- report on environmental issues
- report pollution incidents
- research design
- research livestock production
- scientific literature
- write scientific publications
Other moves from urban planner
2 roles- demographer30 skills in common
- hydrologist29 skills in common
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How far are you from being a agricultural scientist?
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