Occupation Atlasuniversity research assistant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5ac65daa-0896-4193-9f0e-8b00746b78a1
university research assistant
University research assistants conduct academic research for the university or college they are employed in. They may assist professors they are affiliated with, their supervisor, in their research or develop their own in the related field of that professor.
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ICSInvestigative · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.08
- C Conventional5.93
- S Social2.67
- R Realistic2.38
- E Enterprising2.27
- A Artistic1.89
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 Social Science Research Assistants (19-4061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a narrower O*NET occupation within this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (43)
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
- archive scientific documentation
- assist scientific research
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct scholarly research
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- develop scientific theories
- discuss research proposals
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- 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
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- 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
- research design
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- study topics
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- university procedures
- use data processing techniques
- write research proposals
- write scientific publications
Optional (38)
- European integration
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- analyse test data
- apply blended learning
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- apply teaching strategies
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with their dissertation
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- cognitive computing
- collect samples for analysis
- computational biology
- computational chemistry
- computational mechanics
- computer simulation
- conduct qualitative research
- conduct quantitative research
- consult students on learning content
- develop scientific research protocols
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- geography
- industrial research and development
- mathematical modelling
- multidisciplinary research
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- participate in scientific colloquia
- perform laboratory tests
- prepare lesson content
- provide assistance to lecturer
- provide lesson materials
- quantitative analysis
- record test data
- report test findings
- search databases
- statistics
- stem cells
- supervise practical courses
- 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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