Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a climatologist can go next

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

Climatologists study the average change in weather and climate from a long-term perspective. They research and analyse historic weather conditions in order to forecast climatic conditions trends such as changes in temperature, global warming, or regional evolutive weather conditions. They use these findings for advising on environmental policy, construction, agricultural projects, and societal matters.

Also known as climatology scientist, climate research scientist, climatology research analyst, climatology scholar, climate scientist, climate researcher, climatology analyst, climate scholar, climatology research scientist, climate research analyst, climatologists, climatology researcher.

Professionals 31 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: meteorology technician, 41%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
meteorology technician 41% covered weather forecaster 32% covered aviation meteorologist 27% covered meteorologist 23% covered climatologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from climatologist, 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 climatologist already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A climatologist needs 11 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
  • advise on weather-related issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • carry out meteorological research information skills
  • climate change impact natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • climatology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • collect weather-related data information skills
  • conduct research on climate processes information skills
  • meteorology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • analyse weather forecast information skills
  • statistics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • conduct research across disciplines information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Climatologist 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 climatologist’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.