Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a chemistry technician can go next

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

Chemistry technicians monitor chemical processes and conduct tests to analyse chemical substances for manufacturing or scientific purposes. They work in laboratories or production facilities where they assist chemists in their work. Chemistry technicians perform laboratory activities, test chemical substances, analyse data and report about their work.

Also known as chemistry laboratory assistant, chemistry lab technician, nuclear laboratory technician, nuclear chemistry technician, chemistry assistant, production chemistry technician, manufacturing chemistry technician, radiochemistry technician, chemical test technician, chemical analysis technician, chemistry laboratory technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 63 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: chromatographer, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
chromatographer 75% covered chemical tester 42% covered assayer 39% covered chemical processing plant con… 38% covered chemical processing supervisor 36% covered chemistry technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from chemistry technician, 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 chemistry technician 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 chemistry technician needs 27 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
  • regulate chemical reaction assisting and caring
  • contact scientists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • improve chemical processes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage chemical processes inspection information skills
  • green chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • transfer chemicals handling and moving
  • monitor chemical process condition working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • mix chemicals handling and moving
  • basic chemicals natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Chemistry technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 chemistry technician’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.