metrologist
Metrologists study and practice the science of measurement. They develop quantity systems, units of measurement and measuring methods to be used in science. Metrologists establish new methods and tools to quantify and better understand information.
Also called: lab calibration technician, metrology research engineer, metrology technologist, machine assembly calibration technician, metrology technician, optical 3D metrology engineer, electronics calibration technician, laboratory calibration technician
- 48
- essential skills
- 17
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Essential skills
48- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- assemble measuring equipment
- calibrate precision instrument
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- create solutions to problems
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop calibration procedures
- develop measuring equipment
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- 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
- instrumentation engineering
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- maintain technical equipment
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- metrology
- operate open source software
- operate precision measuring equipment
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- order equipment
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- perform test run
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- quality standards
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- study the relationships between quantities
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- troubleshoot
- use testing equipment
- write calibration report
- write scientific publications
Optional skills
17- algebra
- apply blended learning
- biology
- calibrate electronic instruments
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- calibrate mechatronic instruments
- develop preventive maintenance procedures for instruments
- electronics
- geometry
- inspect material
- laboratory techniques
- maintain laboratory equipment
- meteorology
- operate surveying instruments
- physics
- read standard blueprints
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
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