Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a chemical metallurgist can go next

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

Chemical metallurgists are involved in the extraction of useable metals from ores and recycleable material. They study the properties of metal, such as corrosion and fatigue.

Also known as extraction metallurgist, chemical metallurgy expert, chemical metallurgy consultant, chemical metallurgy adviser, chemical metallurgy research analyst, chemical metallurgy scientist, chemical metallurgy science researcher, chemical metallurgy specialist, steel industry expert, chemical technicians, chemical metallurgy researcher, chemical metallurgy scholar.

Professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: process metallurgist, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
process metallurgist 80% covered metallurgist 80% covered metallurgical technician 51% covered chemical tester 44% covered geotechnician 37% covered chemical metallurgist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from chemical metallurgist, 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 chemical metallurgist 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 chemical metallurgist needs 23 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 new installations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • chemical technologies in metal manufacture engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • conduct metallurgical structural analysis information skills
  • alloys of precious metals engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • assess suitability of metal types for specific application information skills
  • oxidation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • work in metal manufacture teams communication, collaboration and creativity
  • precious metals engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • metal and metal ore products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • join metals constructing
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Chemical metallurgist 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 chemical metallurgist’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.