Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a biochemist can go next

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

Biochemists study and perform research on the reactions caused by chemicals in living organisms. This includes performing research for the development or improvement of chemical-based products (e.g. medicine) aimed at improving the health of living organisms and at better understanding their reactions.

Also known as biochemistry research scientist, chemical biotechnologist, biochemistry studies scholar, biochemistry science researcher, biochemistry studies research scientist, biochemistry studies scientist, biochemistry researcher, biochemistry studies researcher, biochemistry studies analyst, biological chemist, biochemistry scientist, biochemistry scholar.

Professionals 93 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: immunologist, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
immunologist 78% covered toxicologist 78% covered biophysicist 76% covered religion scientific researcher 75% covered physiologist 75% covered biochemist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from biochemist, 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 a biochemist 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

A biochemist needs 54 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
  • analyse chemical substances information skills
  • spectroscopy engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • oxidation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • genetics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • communicable diseases health and welfare
  • computational chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • molecular biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • perform chemical experiments working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • pharmaceutical chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • life sciences natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a biochemist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Biochemist 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 a biochemist’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.