Occupation Atlasphysicist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7f2761eb-4edc-48ad-9fbf-eed0a0db9a21
physicist
Physicists are scientists who study physical phenomena. They focus their research depending on their specialisation, which can range from atomic particle physics to the study of phenomena in the universe. They apply their findings for the improvement of society by contributing to the development of energy supplies, treatment of illness, game development, cutting-edge equipment, and daily use objects.
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
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative7.00
- R Realistic4.94
- C Conventional4.80
- A Artistic2.75
- S Social2.12
- E Enterprising1.77
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 Physicists (19-2012.00): 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 (50)
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.
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- communicate mathematical information
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- computational physics
- 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
- evaluate research activities
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- gather experimental data
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- laboratory techniques
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematical modelling
- mathematics
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform laboratory tests
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- physics
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- quantum computing
- quantum technology
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- spectroscopy
- statistics
- supercomputing
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- use measurement instruments
- write scientific publications
Optional (44)
- Monte Carlo simulation
- acoustics
- aerodynamics
- analyse telescope images
- apply blended learning
- apply teaching strategies
- assist with geophysical surveys
- astronomy
- biology
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- collect samples for analysis
- communicate with external laboratories
- computational mechanics
- computer simulation
- continuum mechanics
- densiometry
- design scientific equipment
- develop scientific theories
- economics
- forensic physics
- general medicine
- geology
- geophysics
- intellectual property law
- interpret geophysical data
- materials engineering
- mathematical physics
- medical laboratory technology
- multidisciplinary research
- nuclear physics
- observe matter
- operate remote sensing equipment
- operate telescopes
- perform lectures
- petroleum
- pharmaceutical technology
- provide information on geological characteristics
- quantum mechanics
- remote sensing techniques
- solid mechanics
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- teach physics
- thermodynamics
- 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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