Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a environmental scientist can go next

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

Environmental scientists identify problems and find solutions in order to minimize environmental hazards by performing analysis on samples such as air, water or soil. They advise on or develop environmental policies and aim to improve water supplies preservation and manage waste disposal sites. Environmental scientists perform environmental risk assessments and analyse the environmental impact of new solutions, construction sites or environmental changes ensuring the environmental regulations are followed.

Professionals 82 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 71%

religion scientific researcher 71% covered thanatology researcher 67% covered palaeontologist 66% covered seismologist 66% covered oceanographer 66% covered environmental scientist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from environmental scientist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a environmental scientist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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environmental scientist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a environmental scientist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.