demographertogeographer
A demographer already meets 79% of what the geographer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
79%
33.6/ 100
1 Share of the geographer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the demographer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A geographer role treats 37 of its required skills as things a demographer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct public surveys
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 49 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A geographer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a demographer background worth leading with.
- already held find trends in geographic data information skills
- already held teach geography communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held spatial planning engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held interview focus groups communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held empirical analysis generic programmes and qualifications
- already held urban planning engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 49 carried skills, including the 37 the geographer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held cultural geography required
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- optional, not held climatology optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held remote sensing techniques optional
- required, not held collect data using GPS required
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held interpret aerial photos of timber optional
- optional, not held collect mapping data optional
- optional, not held conduct field work optional
- optional, not held create GIS reports optional
- optional, not held study aerial photos optional
- optional, not held study radar images optional
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held create thematic maps optional
- optional, not held design customised maps optional
- optional, not held design graphics optional
- optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
- optional, not held cartography optional
- optional, not held photogrammetry optional
- optional, not held surveying optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a geographer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 cultural geography knowledge · sector specific
- 02 geographic information systems knowledge · sector specific
- 03 use geographic information systems skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 49 skills that carry over
- 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 apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- already held communicate with a non-scientific audience skill
- already held conduct public surveys 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 find trends in geographic data skill
- already held geography knowledge
- 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 modelling knowledge
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
- already held speak different languages skill
- already held statistics knowledge
- already held synthesise information skill
- already held think abstractly skill
- already held write scientific publications skill
- already held apply blended learning skill
- already held apply digital mapping skill
- already held develop scientific theories skill
- already held digital data processing skill
- already held empirical analysis knowledge
- already held interview focus groups skill
- already held spatial planning knowledge
- already held teach geography skill
- already held teach in academic or vocational contexts skill
- already held urban planning knowledge
- already held use spreadsheets software skill
- already held write research proposals skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held operate remote sensing equipment optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held cartography optional
- optional, not held interpret aerial photos of timber optional
- optional, not held climatology optional
- optional, not held collect mapping data optional
- optional, not held conduct field work optional
- optional, not held create GIS reports optional
- optional, not held create thematic maps optional
- optional, not held design customised maps optional
- optional, not held design graphics optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held operate remote sensing equipment optional
- optional, not held photogrammetry optional
- optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
- optional, not held remote sensing techniques optional
- optional, not held study aerial photos optional
- optional, not held study radar images optional
- optional, not held surveying optional
15 held skills the geographer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise legislators skill
- not needed by the target role demography knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role forecast human population trends skill
- not needed by the target role manage database skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor sociological trends skill
- not needed by the target role multidisciplinary research knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role quantitative analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role research design knowledge
- not needed by the target role scientific literature knowledge
- not needed by the target role sociology knowledge
- not needed by the target role study human population skill
- not needed by the target role use data processing techniques skill
10 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held cultural geography required
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- optional, not held cartography optional
- optional, not held climatology optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held photogrammetry optional
- optional, not held remote sensing techniques optional
- optional, not held surveying optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.