Occupation Atlasmicrobiologist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a7a74a05-3dd0-46c6-99af-92df8042520c
microbiologist
Microbiologists study and research the life forms, characteristics, and processes of microscopic organisms. They study microorganisms such as bacteria, protozoa, fungi, etc. in order to diagnose and counteract the effects that these microorganisms might have in animals, in the environment, in the food industry, or in the health care industry.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative7.00
- R Realistic5.29
- C Conventional3.85
- S Social1.98
- A Artistic1.92
- E Enterprising1.07
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 Microbiologists (19-1022.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (53)
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.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- biology
- biotechnology
- botany
- clinical cytology
- collect biological data
- collect samples for analysis
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct research on fauna
- conduct research on flora
- conduct research on reproductive medicine
- cryopreservation
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- detect microorganisms
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- gather experimental data
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- life sciences
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- medical genetics
- medical mycology
- mentor individuals
- microbiology-bacteriology
- molecular biology
- operate open source software
- pathogenic microorganisms
- 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
- proteomics
- publish academic research
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- send samples to laboratory
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- virology
- write scientific publications
Optional (32)
- advise on legislative acts
- analyse cell cultures
- apply blended learning
- assess environmental impact
- assist in clinical trials
- biological chemistry
- communicable diseases
- contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products
- control production
- develop bioremediation techniques
- develop new food products
- develop pharmaceutical drugs
- develop scientific research protocols
- develop vaccines
- helminthology
- histology
- immunology
- laboratory techniques
- neoplasia
- parasitology
- perform laboratory tests
- perform lectures
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical industry
- prepare compliance documents
- production processes
- provide specialist pharmaceutical advice
- recommend product improvements
- supervise laboratory operations
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- toxicology
- write research proposals
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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