From ecologist to aquaculture biologist
32 of the 65 essential skills of a aquaculture biologist are already essential for a ecologist — about 49% 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.
- 32
- skills carry over
- 33
- would be new
- 49%
- 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
32 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
- biology
- 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
- ecology
- ecosystem management
- 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
- 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
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
33 skillsEssential for a aquaculture biologist and not for a ecologist. 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
- apply scientific methods
- aquatic species
- biosecurity
- biotechnology in aquaculture
- botany
- carry out fish disease prevention measures
- collect biological data
- conduct fish mortality studies
- conduct fish populations studies
- conduct research on fauna
- conduct research on flora
- conserve natural resources
- control aquatic production environment
- develop aquaculture strategies
- fish anatomy
- fish biology
- follow safety precautions in fishery operations
- gather experimental data
- implement scientific decision making in healthcare
- inspect fish stock
- laboratory techniques
- microbiology-bacteriology
- molecular biology
- monitor water quality
- perform field research
- perform laboratory tests
- pollution prevention
- scientific research methodology
- send samples to laboratory
- use specialised equipment
- virology
Other moves from ecologist
2 roles- conservation scientist37 skills in common
- behavioural scientist32 skills in common
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How far are you from being a aquaculture biologist?
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