Psychologist 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 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 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 study communications channels for different employers/contractors optional
• optional, not held anthropology optional
• optional, not held develop scientific theories 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 apply caseload management skill
• not needed by the target role apply systemic therapy skill
• not needed by the target role assess healthcare users' risk for harm skill
• not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
• not needed by the target role body language knowledge
• not needed by the target role build trust skill
• not needed by the target role carry out psychiatric assessment of child skill
• not needed by the target role client-centred counselling knowledge
• not needed by the target role clinical psychological treatment knowledge
• not needed by the target role clinical reports knowledge
• not needed by the target role clinical social work knowledge
• not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
• not needed by the target role conduct forensic evaluations skill
• not needed by the target role conduct psychological assessement skill
• not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
• not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
• not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
• not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
• not needed by the target role diagnose mental disorders skill
• not needed by the target role diagnose psychiatric symptoms skill
• not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
• not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
• not needed by the target role experimental psychology knowledge
• not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
• not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
• not needed by the target role forensic psychiatry knowledge
• not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
• not needed by the target role identify mental health issues skill
• not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
• not needed by the target role interpret psychological tests skill
• not needed by the target role listen actively skill
• not needed by the target role monitor therapeutic progress skill
• not needed by the target role neurology knowledge
• not needed by the target role personal reflection techniques based on feedback knowledge
• not needed by the target role prescribe medication skill
• not needed by the target role prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment skill
• not needed by the target role promote mental health skill
• not needed by the target role provide health education skill
• not needed by the target role psychiatric diagnostics knowledge
• not needed by the target role psychiatric disorders knowledge

20 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 scientific research methodology 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 psychologist already covers 62% of what a communication scientist is expected to do: 32 skills carry over, 30 of which the communication scientist role treats as required.

11 required skills are missing, plus 22 optional ones. They fall into 10 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 50.3 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.