Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an agricultural scientist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an agricultural scientist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as agricultural development specialist, agriculture research scientist, technician for agricultural bioeconomy, agriculture researcher, agricultural research scientist, agricultural development consultant, agricultural biotechnology research scientist, researcher in agriculture science, bio-technical research scientist in agriculture, agricultural quality scientist.

Professionals 74 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
religion scientific researcher 69% covered philosopher 65% covered thanatology researcher 65% covered palaeontologist 64% covered demographer 64% covered agricultural scientist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from agricultural scientist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an agricultural scientist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An agricultural scientist needs 53 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • research livestock production information skills
  • monitor the farm environmental management plan assisting and caring
  • provide advice to hatcheries communication, collaboration and creativity
  • cultivate crops for biomass handling and moving
  • livestock farming systems agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • provide advice to farmers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create soil and plant improvement programmes management skills
  • bioeconomy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • educate on recycling regulations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • agroforestry agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
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Agricultural scientist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an agricultural scientist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.