Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a chromatographer can go next

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

Chromatographers apply the corresponding chromatography techniques (such as gas, liquid or ion exchange techniques) to identify and analyse samples' chemical compounds. They calibrate and maintain the chromatography machinery and prepare the equipment and solutions. Chromatographers may also develop and apply new chromatography methods according to samples and chemical compounds that need to be analysed.

Also known as chromatography technician, gas chromatographer, chromatography machine technician, gel permeation chromatographer, chromatography machine operator, thin layer chromatographer, mass spectrometry technician, ion-exchange chromatographer, high performance liquid chromatographer, liquid chromatographer, mass spectrometry specialist, LC-MS specialist.

Technicians and associate professionals 48 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: chemistry technician, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
chemistry technician 65% covered assayer 34% covered chemical processing supervisor 32% covered chemical processing plant con… 31% covered nitroglycerin neutraliser 30% covered chromatographer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from chromatographer, 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 chromatographer 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 chromatographer needs 33 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
  • gel permeation chromatography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • regulate chemical reaction assisting and caring
  • follow laboratory manuals information skills
  • high-performance liquid chromatography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • solid phase microextraction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • apply liquid chromatography handling and moving
  • contact scientists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • improve chemical processes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • oxidation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • handling chemical products for soil and plants handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Chromatographer 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 chromatographer’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.