Occupation Atlasastronomer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/57a12047-4f1e-40ed-add5-9736923f231b
astronomer
Astronomers research the formation, structures, properties, and development of celestial bodies and interstellar matter. They use ground-based equipment and space-based equipment to collect data about the space for research purposes.
Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative7.00
- R Realistic5.07
- C Conventional4.04
- A Artistic3.28
- S Social2.71
- E Enterprising1.87
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Astronomers (19-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (41)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- astronomy
- carry out scientific research in observatory
- 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
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- 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
- mathematics
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- physics
- 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
Optional (24)
- aeronomy
- analyse telescope images
- apply blended learning
- apply teaching strategies
- archive scientific documentation
- computational physics
- define celestial bodies
- design scientific equipment
- develop scientific theories
- geophysics
- mathematical modelling
- mathematical physics
- operate telescopes
- optics
- optoelectronics
- optomechanical engineering
- perform lectures
- quantum computing
- quantum technology
- scientific modelling
- teach astronomy
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- types of optical instruments
- write research proposals
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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