Occupation Atlassoil scientist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6a3d3d28-0ab6-49b0-9a32-697e5e104bf1
soil scientist
Soil scientists research and study scientific disciplines concerning soil. They advise on how to improve soil quality to support nature, food production or human infrastructure using surveying techniques, irrigation techniques and erosion reduction measures. They make sure to conserve and restore land suffering from intense farming or human interaction.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.41
- R Realistic5.84
- C Conventional4.31
- E Enterprising2.29
- S Social2.14
- A Artistic1.63
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Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Hydrologists (19-2043.00): 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 (14)
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.
- European pesticide legislation
- advise on nature conservation
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- conduct soil sample tests
- crop production principles
- ecology
- gather experimental data
- geology
- perform laboratory tests
- scientific literature
- soil mechanics
- soil science
- soil structure
- write work-related reports
Optional (40)
- adjust surveying equipment
- advise on fertiliser and herbicide
- advise on pollution prevention
- advise on soil and water protection
- agricultural equipment
- agroforestry
- agronomical production principles
- agronomy
- apply sustainable tillage techniques
- biology
- climate change impact
- collect samples
- collect samples for analysis
- conduct field work
- conduct land surveys
- conservation agriculture
- develop irrigation strategies
- develop scientific research protocols
- ensure soil fertility
- environmental engineering
- environmental legislation
- fertilisation principles
- government policy
- habitat restoration
- hydrology
- implement biodiversity action plans
- inspect agricultural fields
- irrigation systems
- laboratory techniques
- liaise with crop growers
- operate surveying instruments
- perform scientific research
- plant harvest methods
- plant propagation
- pollution prevention
- prepare surveying report
- record survey data
- surveying
- surveying methods
- sustainable agricultural production principles
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 14 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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