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

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

religion scientific researcher 74% covered thanatology researcher 69% covered astronomer 68% covered seismologist 68% covered palaeontologist 68% covered metrologist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from metrologist. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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metrologist 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 metrologist 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.