Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an immunologist can go next

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

Immunologists research the immune system of living organisms (e.g. human body) and the way it reacts to external infections or invasive harmful agents (e.g. virus, bacteria, parasites). They focus their study on those diseases that affect the immunology of living organisms in order to classify them for treatment.

Also known as immunology analyst, immunology researcher, immunology studies research analyst, immunology research analyst, immunology studies researcher, immunology studies scientist, immunology scientist, immunology studies scholar, immunologists, immunology science researcher, immunology studies analyst, immunology studies research scientist.

Professionals 78 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: physiologist, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
physiologist 77% covered religion scientific researcher 75% covered epidemiologist 72% covered palaeontologist 72% covered philosopher 72% covered immunologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from immunologist, 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 an immunologist 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

An immunologist needs 49 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
  • diagnostic immunology techniques health and welfare
  • molecular and cellular immunology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • research immune system malfunctions information skills
  • clinical immunology health and welfare
  • medical parasitology health and welfare
  • clinical immunopathology health and welfare
  • cancer risks health and welfare
  • neoplasia health and welfare
  • immunology health and welfare
  • stem cells natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Immunologist 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 an immunologist’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.