# Competences — physicist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7f2761eb-4edc-48ad-9fbf-eed0a0db9a21).

## Essential

- **analyse experimental laboratory data** (skill/competence)
- **apply for research funding** (skill/competence)
- **apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities** (skill/competence)
- **apply scientific methods** (skill/competence)
- **apply statistical analysis techniques** (skill/competence)
- **communicate mathematical information** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with a non-scientific audience** (skill/competence)
- **computational physics** (knowledge)
- **conduct research across disciplines** (skill/competence)
- **demonstrate disciplinary expertise** (skill/competence)
- **develop professional network with researchers and scientists** (skill/competence)
- **disseminate results to the scientific community** (skill/competence)
- **draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation** (skill/competence)
- **evaluate research activities** (skill/competence)
- **execute analytical mathematical calculations** (skill/competence)
- **gather experimental data** (skill/competence)
- **increase the impact of science on policy and society** (skill/competence)
- **integrate gender dimension in research** (skill/competence)
- **interact professionally in research and professional environments** (skill/competence)
- **laboratory techniques** (knowledge)
- **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)
- **mathematical modelling** (knowledge)
- **mathematics** (knowledge)
- **mentor individuals** (skill/competence)
- **operate open source software** (skill/competence)
- **operate scientific measuring equipment** (skill/competence)
- **perform laboratory tests** (skill/competence)
- **perform project management** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **physics** (knowledge)
- **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)
- **quantum computing** (knowledge)
- **quantum technology** (knowledge)
- **scientific literature** (knowledge)
- **scientific research methodology** (knowledge)
- **speak different languages** (skill/competence)
- **spectroscopy** (knowledge)
- **statistics** (knowledge)
- **supercomputing** (knowledge)
- **synthesise information** (skill/competence)
- **think abstractly** (skill/competence)
- **use measurement instruments** (skill/competence)
- **write scientific publications** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- acoustics (knowledge)
- aerodynamics (knowledge)
- analyse telescope images (skill/competence)
- apply blended learning (skill/competence)
- apply teaching strategies (skill/competence)
- assist with geophysical surveys (skill/competence)
- astronomy (knowledge)
- biology (knowledge)
- calibrate laboratory equipment (skill/competence)
- collect samples for analysis (skill/competence)
- communicate with external laboratories (skill/competence)
- computational mechanics (knowledge)
- computer simulation (knowledge)
- continuum mechanics (knowledge)
- densiometry (knowledge)
- design scientific equipment (skill/competence)
- develop scientific theories (skill/competence)
- economics (knowledge)
- forensic physics (knowledge)
- general medicine (knowledge)
- geology (knowledge)
- geophysics (knowledge)
- intellectual property law (knowledge)
- interpret geophysical data (skill/competence)
- materials engineering (knowledge)
- mathematical physics (knowledge)
- medical laboratory technology (knowledge)
- Monte Carlo simulation (knowledge)
- multidisciplinary research (knowledge)
- nuclear physics (knowledge)
- observe matter (skill/competence)
- operate remote sensing equipment (skill/competence)
- operate telescopes (skill/competence)
- perform lectures (skill/competence)
- petroleum (knowledge)
- pharmaceutical technology (knowledge)
- provide information on geological characteristics (skill/competence)
- quantum mechanics (knowledge)
- remote sensing techniques (knowledge)
- solid mechanics (knowledge)
- teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
- teach physics (skill/competence)
- thermodynamics (knowledge)
- write research proposals (skill/competence)