Occupation Atlasoceanographer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4b759f0e-8fec-4cf5-80d4-d112a9fd4e51
oceanographer
Oceanographers study and perform research on matters related to the sea and oceans. Oceanographers divide their expertise in different branches of research which are physical oceanographers whose research focus on waves and tides, chemical oceanographers whose study address the chemical constitution of sea waters, and geological oceanographer whose research refers to the bottom of seas and their plaques.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (42)
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
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- 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
- geology
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- mentor individuals
- oceanography
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- 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
- scientific modelling
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- statistics
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- use measurement instruments
- write scientific publications
Optional (26)
- apply blended learning
- apply digital mapping
- aquatic ecology
- assist scientific research
- biology
- cartography
- chemistry
- coastal management
- collect samples for analysis
- conduct field work
- conduct research on climate processes
- conduct underwater surveys
- design scientific equipment
- develop scientific theories
- environmental engineering
- environmental legislation
- geographic information systems
- geophysics
- meteorology
- operate remote sensing equipment
- perform diving interventions
- perform laboratory tests
- remote sensing techniques
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- use geographic information systems
- write research proposals
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