Cosmetic chemist to seismologist

• already held apply for research funding skill
• already held apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities 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 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 teach in academic or vocational contexts skill

• optional, not held analyse seismic risk optional
• optional, not held map the mantle of the Earth optional
• optional, not held predict earthquakes optional
• optional, not held collect geological data optional
• optional, not held develop geological databases optional
• optional, not held develop scientific theories optional
• optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
• optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
• optional, not held advise on building matters optional
• optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
• optional, not held conduct field work optional
• optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
• optional, not held geography optional
• optional, not held geology optional
• optional, not held operate remote sensing equipment optional
• optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
• optional, not held remote sensing techniques optional
• optional, not held write research proposals optional

• not needed by the target role adhere to Standard Operating Procedures skill
• not needed by the target role analytical chemistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role calibrate laboratory equipment skill
• not needed by the target role chemical preservation knowledge
• not needed by the target role communicate production plan skill
• not needed by the target role communicate with external laboratories skill
• not needed by the target role conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements skill
• not needed by the target role control production skill
• not needed by the target role cosmetics ingredients knowledge
• not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
• not needed by the target role ensure safety in the production area skill
• not needed by the target role examine production samples skill
• not needed by the target role formulate cosmetic products skill
• not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
• not needed by the target role good manufacturing practices knowledge
• not needed by the target role laboratory techniques knowledge
• not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
• not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
• not needed by the target role organic chemistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role perform chemical experiments skill
• not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
• not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
• not needed by the target role recommend product improvements skill
• not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
• not needed by the target role test beauty products skill
• not needed by the target role train employees skill
• not needed by the target role troubleshoot cosmetics formula issues skill

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

• still to learn seismology required
• still to learn geophysics required
• still to learn mathematics required
• still to learn physics required
• still to learn scientific modelling required
• still to learn statistics required
• optional, not held geography optional
• optional, not held geology optional
• optional, not held remote sensing techniques optional

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A cosmetic chemist already covers 64% of what a seismologist is expected to do: 32 skills carry over, 30 of which the seismologist role treats as required.

11 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by natural sciences, mathematics and statistics. The single most important is seismology.

Its learning distance is 50.2 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.