Occupation Atlasconservation scientist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e3cc09ba-7ad5-4411-940c-20613000863a
conservation scientist
Conservation scientists manage the quality of specific forests, parks and other natural resources. They protect the wildlife habitat, biodiversity, scenic value, and other unique attributes of preserves and conservation lands. Conservation scientists perform field work.
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 Investigative5.70
- R Realistic5.15
- C Conventional3.98
- E Enterprising3.16
- S Social2.87
- A Artistic1.97
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 Conservation Scientists (19-1031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (52)
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.
- advise on nature conservation
- animal species
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- biology
- business management principles
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct educational activities
- conduct research across disciplines
- coordinate educational programmes
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop environmental policy
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- ecology
- ecosystem management
- educate people about nature
- educate the public about wildlife
- environmental legislation
- estimate duration of work
- evaluate research activities
- geographic information systems
- habitat restoration
- identify plants characteristics
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage contracts
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- measure trees
- 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
- reforestation
- respond to enquiries
- scientific literature
- speak different languages
- sustainable forest management
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- use ICT resources to solve work related tasks
- write scientific publications
- write work-related reports
Optional (22)
- advise on tree issues
- agroforestry
- apply blended learning
- chemistry
- climate smart agriculture
- conduct erosion control
- conduct sediment control
- conservation agriculture
- direct an artistic team
- forest ecology
- forestry regulations
- geography
- inspect trees
- liaise with cultural partners
- manage forest fires
- manage forests
- negotiate land access
- perform project management
- present exhibition
- supervise forestry workers
- support volunteers
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
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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