Occupation Atlasindustrial pharmacist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/53cdcc84-e5ee-488c-aa09-88084e06d6d7
industrial pharmacist
Industrial pharmacists are involved in the research and creation of medications. They develop new medicines, perform tests, assure quality and ensure that medication complies with regulations.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
ISCInvestigative · Social · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.67
- S Social4.88
- C Conventional4.56
- R Realistic2.82
- E Enterprising2.62
- A Artistic1.48
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 Pharmacists (29-1051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
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.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply context specific clinical competences
- comply with legislation related to health care
- develop pharmaceutical drugs
- human anatomy
- improve safety of medicines
- inorganic chemistry
- microbiology-bacteriology
- organic chemistry
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical processes
- pharmaceutical technology
- pharmacognosy
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacotherapy
- pharmacy law
- physics
- toxicology
Optional (27)
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- analyse medication's impact on brain
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation
- botany
- conduct health related research
- contribute to public health campaigns
- contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products
- ensure pharmacovigilance
- implement marketing strategies
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- maintain medical devices
- maintain medical laboratory equipment
- manage adverse reactions to drugs
- manage medical supply chains
- manage medication safety issues
- manufacture medicines
- perform laboratory tests
- perform toxicological studies
- provide pharmaceutical advice
- quality assurance methodologies
- recommend product improvements
- report medication interaction to pharmacist
- safe management of medicines
- sales strategies
- test medicinal products
- wear appropriate protective gear
O*NET equivalents
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