From biologist to aquaculture biologist
36 of the 65 essential skills of a aquaculture biologist are already essential for a biologist — about 55% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from biologist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 36
- skills carry over
- 29
- would be new
- 55%
- of the target job covered
- 65
- essential skills of a aquaculture biologist
What a aquaculture biologist does
Aquaculture biologists apply knowledge gained from research about aquatic animals and plant life and their interactions with each other and the environment, in order to improve aquaculture production, prevent animal health and environmental problems and to provide solutions if necessary.
What carries over
36 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- biology
- botany
- collect biological data
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct research on fauna
- conduct research on flora
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- ecosystem management
- evaluate research activities
- gather experimental data
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- laboratory techniques
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- microbiology-bacteriology
- molecular biology
- 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 research methodology
- send samples to laboratory
- synthesise information
- virology
- write scientific publications
What would be new
29 skillsEssential for a aquaculture biologist and not for a biologist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analyse work-related written reports
- applied zoology
- aquatic species
- biosecurity
- biotechnology in aquaculture
- carry out fish disease prevention measures
- conduct fish mortality studies
- conduct fish populations studies
- conserve natural resources
- control aquatic production environment
- develop aquaculture strategies
- ecology
- fish anatomy
- fish biology
- follow safety precautions in fishery operations
- implement scientific decision making in healthcare
- inspect fish stock
- integrate gender dimension in research
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- mentor individuals
- monitor water quality
- operate open source software
- perform field research
- perform laboratory tests
- pollution prevention
- speak different languages
- think abstractly
- use specialised equipment
Other moves from biologist
2 roles- microbiologist36 skills in common
- biophysicist30 skills in common
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How far are you from being a aquaculture biologist?
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