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Where a geneticist can go next

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

Geneticists study and focus their research on genetics. They analyse the fashion in which genes interact, operate, and inherit traits and characteristics. Based on their research, they attend patients with inherited diseases and conditions, congenital malformations, and genetic matters at large.

Also known as genetics engineer, genetic scientist, genetics research scientist, molecular biologist, molecular geneticist, genetics analyst, cell geneticist, genetics science researcher, genetics scientist, genetics scholar, genetics researcher, geneticists.

Professionals 92 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: immunologist, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
immunologist 77% covered religion scientific researcher 75% covered physiologist 74% covered biophysicist 74% covered microbiologist 74% covered geneticist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from geneticist, 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 geneticist 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 geneticist needs 53 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
  • decide on type of genetic testing management skills
  • interpret laboratory data in medical genetics information skills
  • evaluate genetic data information skills
  • undertake research in medical genetics information skills
  • genetic engineering natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • interpret pedigree charts information skills
  • conduct genome research information skills
  • medical genetics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • tissue cytogenetics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • neoplasia health and welfare
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Geneticist 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 geneticist’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.