Chemist to communication scientist

• already held apply for research funding skill
• already held apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities skill
• already held apply scientific methods skill
• already held communicate with a non-scientific audience skill
• already held conduct research across disciplines skill
• already held demonstrate disciplinary expertise skill
• already held develop professional network with researchers and scientists skill
• already held disseminate results to the scientific community skill
• already held draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation skill
• already held evaluate research activities skill
• already held increase the impact of science on policy and society skill
• already held integrate gender dimension in research skill
• already held interact professionally in research and professional environments skill
• already held manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data skill
• already held manage intellectual property rights skill
• already held manage open publications skill
• already held manage personal professional development skill
• already held manage research data skill
• already held mentor individuals skill
• already held operate open source software skill
• already held perform project management skill
• already held perform scientific research skill
• already held promote open innovation in research skill
• already held promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities skill
• already held promote the transfer of knowledge skill
• already held publish academic research skill
• already held scientific literature knowledge
• already held scientific research methodology knowledge
• already held speak different languages skill
• already held synthesise information skill
• already held think abstractly skill
• already held write scientific publications skill
• already held apply blended learning skill
• already held develop scientific theories skill
• already held teach in academic or vocational contexts skill

• optional, not held study communications channels for different employers/contractors optional
• optional, not held anthropology optional
• optional, not held digital communication and collaboration optional
• optional, not held monitor sociological trends optional
• optional, not held advertising techniques optional
• optional, not held advise on communication strategies optional
• optional, not held advise on public relations optional
• optional, not held apply teaching strategies optional
• optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
• optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
• optional, not held develop media strategy optional
• optional, not held interview focus groups optional
• optional, not held journalism optional
• optional, not held media law optional
• optional, not held perform customer management optional
• optional, not held perform market research optional
• optional, not held perform public relations optional
• optional, not held social network analysis optional
• optional, not held sociology optional
• optional, not held use presentation software optional
• optional, not held write research proposals optional

• not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
• not needed by the target role advise on chemical use reduction skill
• not needed by the target role alternative fuels knowledge
• not needed by the target role analyse chemical substances skill
• not needed by the target role analytical chemistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role analytical methods in biomedical sciences knowledge
• not needed by the target role apply liquid chromatography skill
• not needed by the target role apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
• not needed by the target role archive scientific documentation skill
• not needed by the target role assist scientific research skill
• not needed by the target role biological chemistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role calibrate laboratory equipment skill
• not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
• not needed by the target role communicate with external laboratories skill
• not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
• not needed by the target role cosmetics industry knowledge
• not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
• not needed by the target role develop chemical products skill
• not needed by the target role develop components separation processes skill
• not needed by the target role develop new food products skill
• not needed by the target role develop scientific research protocols skill
• not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
• not needed by the target role document analysis results skill
• not needed by the target role execute feasibility study on hydrogen skill
• not needed by the target role follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
• not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
• not needed by the target role formulate cosmetic products skill
• not needed by the target role good manufacturing practices knowledge
• not needed by the target role green chemistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role inorganic chemistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role laboratory techniques knowledge
• not needed by the target role manage chemical testing procedures skill
• not needed by the target role materials engineering knowledge
• not needed by the target role nuclear energy knowledge
• not needed by the target role nuclear medicine knowledge
• not needed by the target role nuclear physics knowledge
• not needed by the target role organic chemistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
• not needed by the target role oxidation knowledge
• not needed by the target role perform physico-chemical analysis to food materials skill

21 further entries not listed here

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn communication required
• still to learn communication studies required
• still to learn media studies required
• still to learn types of media required
• optional, not held anthropology optional
• optional, not held advertising techniques optional
• optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
• optional, not held journalism optional
• optional, not held media law optional
• optional, not held social network analysis optional
• optional, not held sociology optional

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A chemist already covers 67% of what a communication scientist is expected to do: 35 skills carry over, 32 of which the communication scientist role treats as required.

9 required skills are missing, plus 21 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is analyse the comments of selected audiences.

Its learning distance is 45.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.