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

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

Meteorologists study climate processes, measure and predict weather patterns and provide consultancy services to a variety of weather information users. They work out models for weather forecasting, develop instruments to collect meteorological data and compile statistics and databases.

Professionals 65 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: seismologist, 77%

seismologist 77% covered oceanographer 77% covered astronomer 74% covered religion scientific researcher 74% covered meteorology technician 73% covered meteorologist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from meteorologist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a meteorologist 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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meteorologist 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 meteorologist 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.