Occupation Atlasagricultural scientist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c25b3700-6095-42b7-99fc-b87dc326c044
agricultural scientist
Agricultural scientists research and study soil, animals and plants with the objective of improving agricultural processes, the quality of agricultural products or the impact of agricultural processes on the environment. They plan and implement projects such as development projects on behalf of clients or institutions.
Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.82
- I Investigative4.57
- C Conventional4.26
- E Enterprising1.99
- S Social1.46
- A Artistic1.00
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 Agricultural Technicians (19-4012.00): 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 (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.
- advise on efficiency improvements
- advise on soil and water protection
- agroecology
- agroforestry
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- bioeconomy
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- create soil and plant improvement programmes
- cultivate crops for biomass
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- e-agriculture
- educate on recycling regulations
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- environmental policy
- evaluate research activities
- identify process improvements
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- livestock farming systems
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- monitor the farm environmental management plan
- operate open source software
- perform market research
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- project management
- project management principles
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- provide advice to farmers
- provide advice to hatcheries
- publish academic research
- report on environmental issues
- report pollution incidents
- research design
- research livestock production
- scientific literature
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
Optional (21)
- advise on irrigation projects
- apply blended learning
- apply precision farming
- assess new farming technologies
- climate smart agriculture
- comply with farm regulations
- comply with legal regulations
- conservation agriculture
- consultation methods
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- evaluate employees work
- inspect project regulations
- integrated food-energy systems
- lead a team
- manage fisheries projects
- multidisciplinary research
- organic farming
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- train employees
- train staff on recycling programs
- use agronomic modelling
O*NET equivalents
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