# Competences — chemist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0d93706d-32fd-4de3-aa08-be1003e325da).

## Essential

- **advise on chemical use reduction** (skill/competence)
- **analyse chemical substances** (skill/competence)
- **analytical chemistry** (knowledge)
- **apply for research funding** (skill/competence)
- **apply liquid chromatography** (skill/competence)
- **apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities** (skill/competence)
- **apply safety procedures in laboratory** (skill/competence)
- **apply scientific methods** (skill/competence)
- **calibrate laboratory equipment** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with a non-scientific audience** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research across disciplines** (skill/competence)
- **demonstrate disciplinary expertise** (skill/competence)
- **develop chemical products** (skill/competence)
- **develop professional network with researchers and scientists** (skill/competence)
- **disseminate results to the scientific community** (skill/competence)
- **document analysis results** (skill/competence)
- **draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation** (skill/competence)
- **evaluate research activities** (skill/competence)
- **green chemistry** (knowledge)
- **increase the impact of science on policy and society** (skill/competence)
- **inorganic chemistry** (knowledge)
- **integrate gender dimension in research** (skill/competence)
- **interact professionally in research and professional environments** (skill/competence)
- **laboratory techniques** (knowledge)
- **manage chemical testing procedures** (skill/competence)
- **manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data** (skill/competence)
- **manage intellectual property rights** (skill/competence)
- **manage open publications** (skill/competence)
- **manage personal professional development** (skill/competence)
- **manage research data** (skill/competence)
- **mentor individuals** (skill/competence)
- **operate open source software** (skill/competence)
- **oxidation** (knowledge)
- **perform project management** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **physics** (knowledge)
- **prepare chemical samples** (skill/competence)
- **promote open innovation in research** (skill/competence)
- **promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities** (skill/competence)
- **promote the transfer of knowledge** (skill/competence)
- **publish academic research** (skill/competence)
- **run laboratory simulations** (skill/competence)
- **scientific literature** (knowledge)
- **scientific research methodology** (knowledge)
- **speak different languages** (skill/competence)
- **spectroscopy** (knowledge)
- **synthesise information** (skill/competence)
- **test chemical samples** (skill/competence)
- **think abstractly** (skill/competence)
- **translate formulae into processes** (skill/competence)
- **use chemical analysis equipment** (skill/competence)
- **use chromatography software** (skill/competence)
- **use personal protection equipment** (skill/competence)
- **write scientific publications** (skill/competence)
- **write technical reports** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- alternative fuels (knowledge)
- analytical methods in biomedical sciences (knowledge)
- apply blended learning (skill/competence)
- archive scientific documentation (skill/competence)
- assist scientific research (skill/competence)
- biological chemistry (knowledge)
- CAE software (knowledge)
- collect samples for analysis (skill/competence)
- communicate with external laboratories (skill/competence)
- conduct quality control analysis (skill/competence)
- cosmetics industry (knowledge)
- customer relationship management (knowledge)
- develop components separation processes (skill/competence)
- develop new food products (skill/competence)
- develop scientific research protocols (skill/competence)
- develop scientific theories (skill/competence)
- dispose of hazardous waste (skill/competence)
- execute feasibility study on hydrogen (skill/competence)
- follow nuclear plant safety precautions (skill/competence)
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health (skill/competence)
- formulate cosmetic products (skill/competence)
- good manufacturing practices (knowledge)
- materials engineering (knowledge)
- nuclear energy (knowledge)
- nuclear medicine (knowledge)
- nuclear physics (knowledge)
- organic chemistry (knowledge)
- oversee quality control (skill/competence)
- perform physico-chemical analysis to food materials (skill/competence)
- pharmaceutical chemistry (knowledge)
- pharmaceutical drug development (knowledge)
- pharmacology (knowledge)
- polymer chemistry (knowledge)
- provide technical expertise (skill/competence)
- radiation effects on human body (knowledge)
- solid-state chemistry (knowledge)
- teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
- toxicology (knowledge)
- types of fuels (knowledge)
- types of plastic (knowledge)
- use IT tools (skill/competence)