Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a metrologist can go next

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

Metrologists study and practice the science of measurement. They develop quantity systems, units of measurement and measuring methods to be used in science. Metrologists establish new methods and tools to quantify and better understand information.

Also known as metrology technician, machine assembly calibration technician, laboratory calibration technician, calibration technician, electronics calibration technician, lab calibration technician, metrology research engineer, optical 3D metrology engineer, metrology technologist.

Professionals 65 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
religion scientific researcher 74% covered thanatology researcher 69% covered astronomer 68% covered seismologist 68% covered palaeontologist 68% covered metrologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from metrologist, 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 metrologist 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 metrologist needs 48 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
  • develop measuring equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assemble measuring equipment handling and moving
  • order equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • study the relationships between quantities information skills
  • develop calibration procedures management skills
  • write calibration report communication, collaboration and creativity
  • calibrate precision instrument working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • instrumentation engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • metrology education
  • maintain technical equipment information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Metrologist 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 metrologist’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.