Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a cosmetic chemist can go next

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

Cosmetic chemists develop formulas in order to create and test new cosmetic products and improve existing cosmetic products such as perfumes and fragrances, lipstick, waterproof lotions and makeup, hair dye, soaps and detergents with special properties, topical medicines or health supplements.

Also known as research chemist, cosmetics formulation chemist, cosmetics formulation development chemist, skin care formulation chemist, cosmetics formulator, cosmetics development chemist, formulation development chemist, cosmetics development formulator, cosmetics formulations chemist, cosmetics research chemist.

Professionals 59 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 71%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
religion scientific researcher 71% covered thanatology researcher 66% covered philosopher 65% covered palaeontologist 64% covered seismologist 64% covered cosmetic chemist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cosmetic chemist, 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 cosmetic chemist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A cosmetic chemist needs 44 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
  • test beauty products information skills
  • formulate cosmetic products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • troubleshoot cosmetics formula issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements assisting and caring
  • cosmetics ingredients services
  • adhere to Standard Operating Procedures assisting and caring
  • good manufacturing practices engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • examine production samples information skills
  • perform chemical experiments working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • analytical chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Cosmetic chemist 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 cosmetic chemist’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.