Occupation Atlasanalytical chemist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/574f3232-1d07-4034-8cac-c57ddbfff192
analytical chemist
Analytical chemists research and describe the chemical composition of substances. Moreover, they draw conclusions related to the behaviour of such substances in different conditions. Analytical chemists play an important role in looking at the relationship between chemistry and the environment, food, fuel, and medicine. They use a range of techniques such as electro-chromatography, gas and high performance liquid chromatography and spectroscopy.
Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.71
- R Realistic5.67
- C Conventional4.81
- E Enterprising1.60
- A Artistic1.52
- S Social1.14
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Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Chemists (19-2031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (49)
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.
- analyse chemical substances
- analytical chemistry
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply scientific methods
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- chemical processes
- chemistry
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- computational chemistry
- 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
- green chemistry
- handle chemicals
- identify customer's needs
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- laboratory techniques
- 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
- oxidation
- perform laboratory tests
- 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
- use chemical analysis equipment
- write scientific publications
Optional (23)
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- apply blended learning
- apply liquid chromatography
- archive scientific documentation
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- collect samples for analysis
- develop scientific research protocols
- gas chromatography
- high-performance liquid chromatography
- label samples
- manage chemical testing procedures
- nanomaterials
- oversee quality control
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- prepare chemical samples
- record test data
- report test findings
- solid phase microextraction
- supervise laboratory operations
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- test chemical samples
- use chromatography software
- write research proposals
O*NET equivalents
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