weather forecastertoclimatologist
A weather forecaster already meets 28% of what the climatologist role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
28%
65.7/ 100
1 Share of the climatologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the weather forecaster 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 climatologist role treats 4 of its required skills as things a weather forecaster already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse weather forecast
- carry out meteorological research
- conduct research on climate processes
- meteorology
What stands in the way is 7 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A climatologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a weather forecaster background worth leading with.
- already held develop models for weather forecast information skills
- already held carry out meteorological research information skills
- already held use meteorological tools to forecast meteorological conditions information skills
- already held use specialised computer models for weather forecasting information skills
- already held conduct research on climate processes information skills
- already held meteorology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the climatologist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 9 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 collect weather-related data required
- required, not held conduct research across disciplines required
- required, not held perform scientific research required
- optional, not held determine historic climate changes optional
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held conduct ecological research optional
- optional, not held manage air quality optional
- optional, not held manage meteorological database optional
- required, not held climate change impact required
- required, not held climatology required
- required, not held statistics required
- optional, not held palaeoclimatology optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held environmental policy optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held oceanography optional
- required, not held advise on weather-related issues required
- optional, not held urban pollution implications optional
- optional, not held green space strategies optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held assess environmental impact optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a climatologist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on weather-related issues skill · cross sector
- 02 climate change impact knowledge · cross sector
- 03 climatology knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held analyse weather forecast skill
- already held carry out meteorological research skill
- already held conduct research on climate processes skill
- already held meteorology knowledge
- already held develop models for weather forecast skill
- already held use meteorological tools to forecast meteorological conditions skill
- already held use specialised computer models for weather forecasting skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held develop environmental policy optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held operate meteorological instruments optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held determine historic climate changes optional
- optional, not held palaeoclimatology optional
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held urban pollution implications optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held assess environmental impact optional
- optional, not held conduct ecological research optional
- optional, not held develop environmental policy optional
- optional, not held environmental policy optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held green space strategies optional
- optional, not held manage air quality optional
- optional, not held manage meteorological database optional
- optional, not held oceanography optional
- optional, not held operate meteorological instruments optional
16 held skills the climatologist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adopt a relaxed posture skill
- not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role breathing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop instrumentation systems skill
- not needed by the target role lighting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role memorise lines skill
- not needed by the target role photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role present during live broadcasts skill
- not needed by the target role pronunciation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role read pre-drafted texts skill
- not needed by the target role review meteorological forecast data skill
- not needed by the target role use data processing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role vocal techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role work with a voice coach skill
11 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 climate change impact required
- required, not held climatology required
- required, not held statistics required
- optional, not held palaeoclimatology optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held urban pollution implications optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held environmental policy optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held green space strategies optional
- optional, not held oceanography 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.