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

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

Pharmacologists study the manner in which drugs and medicaments interact with organisms, living systems, and their parts (i.e. cells, tissues, or organs). Their research aims at identifying substances that can be ingested by humans and that exert adequate biochemical functions for curing illnesses.

Professionals 89 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: immunologist, 77%

immunologist 77% covered toxicologist 74% covered biochemist 72% covered religion scientific researcher 71% covered physiologist 71% covered pharmacologist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from pharmacologist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a pharmacologist 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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pharmacologist 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 pharmacologist 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.