From cosmetic chemist to chemist
33 of the 55 essential skills of a chemist are already essential for a cosmetic chemist — about 60% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 33
- skills carry over
- 22
- would be new
- 60%
- of the target job covered
- 55
- essential skills of a chemist
What a chemist does
Chemists perform laboratory research by testing and analysing the chemical structure of substances.They translate the research results into industrial production processes which are further used in the development or improvement of products. Chemists are also testing the quality of the manufactured products and their environmental impact.
What carries over
33 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- analytical chemistry
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- 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
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- laboratory techniques
- 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
- 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
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
22 skillsEssential for a chemist and not for a cosmetic chemist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise on chemical use reduction
- analyse chemical substances
- apply liquid chromatography
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply scientific methods
- develop chemical products
- document analysis results
- green chemistry
- inorganic chemistry
- manage chemical testing procedures
- oxidation
- physics
- prepare chemical samples
- run laboratory simulations
- scientific literature
- spectroscopy
- test chemical samples
- translate formulae into processes
- use chemical analysis equipment
- use chromatography software
- use personal protection equipment
- write technical reports
Other moves from cosmetic chemist
2 roles- toxicologist34 skills in common
- biochemist34 skills in common
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How far are you from being a chemist?
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