Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a bioengineer can go next

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

Bioengineers combine state of the art findings in the field of biology with engineering logics in order to develop solutions aimed at improving the well-being of society. They can develop improvement systems for natural resource conservation, agriculture, food production, genetic modification, and economic use.

Also known as bioengineering consultant, bioengineering technology adviser, bioengineering adviser, bio-engineer, bioengineering technology expert, bioengineering expert, biological engineer, bioengineering specialist, bioengineering biotechnologist, bioengineering technology specialist, bioengineering technology consultant.

Professionals 88 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: biomedical engineer, 59%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
biomedical engineer 59% covered biochemical engineer 56% covered pharmaceutical engineer 48% covered biotechnical technician 45% covered nanoengineer 44% covered bioengineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from bioengineer, 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 bioengineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A bioengineer needs 16 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
  • develop bioremediation techniques information skills
  • synthetic biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • nanomaterials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • bioeconomy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • genetics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • computational biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • computational chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • life sciences natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • biotechnology health and welfare
  • biological chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
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Bioengineer 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 bioengineer’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.