Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

immunologist 77% covered religion scientific researcher 75% covered physiologist 74% covered biophysicist 74% covered microbiologist 74% covered geneticist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from geneticist. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a geneticist 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.