Occupation Atlashistorian
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0cd729a6-ed11-4338-ac4b-d4b924390128
historian
Historians research, analyze, interpret, and present the past of human societies. They analyse documents, sources, and traces from the past in order to understand the past societies.
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
ICAInvestigative · Conventional · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.32
- C Conventional4.87
- A Artistic3.70
- S Social3.22
- R Realistic2.39
- E Enterprising2.35
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 Historians (19-3093.00): 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 (38)
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 recorded sources
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- consult information sources
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- do historical research
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- historical methods
- history
- 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
- periodisation
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- scientific research methodology
- source criticism
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
Optional (36)
- African studies
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Sanskrit
- advise on historical context
- apply blended learning
- archaeology
- archive documentation related to work
- art history
- assess conservation needs
- compile library lists
- conduct public presentations
- conservation techniques
- consult iconographic sources
- create collection conservation plan
- cultural history
- determine authorship of documents
- develop scientific theories
- document interviews
- escort visitors to places of interest
- geography
- interview people
- maintain museum records
- manage digital archives
- manage tourist groups
- museum databases
- paleography
- provide technical expertise
- provide tourism related information
- reconstruct modified documents
- search historical sources in archives
- study a collection
- supervise projects for the conservation of heritage buildings
- teach history
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- 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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