Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

agricultural scientisttodemographer

A agricultural scientist already meets 64% of what the demographer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From agricultural scientist
64%
Overlap1
To demographer
35 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
49.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49.8/ 100

1 Share of the demographer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the agricultural scientist 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

Why this move works

A demographer role treats 31 of its required skills as things a agricultural scientist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply for research funding
  • apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
  • communicate with a non-scientific audience
  • conduct research across disciplines
  • demonstrate disciplinary expertise
  • develop professional network with researchers and scientists

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 35 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A demographer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a agricultural scientist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held multidisciplinary research generic programmes and qualifications
  • already held research design generic programmes and qualifications
  • already held scientific literature generic programmes and qualifications
  • already held manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data information skills
  • already held think abstractly communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held communicate with a non-scientific audience communication, collaboration and creativity

All 35 carried skills, including the 31 the demographer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held forecast human population trends required
  • required, not held apply scientific methods required
  • required, not held apply statistical analysis techniques required
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • required, not held study human population required
  • optional, not held develop scientific theories optional
  • optional, not held monitor sociological trends optional
  • optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
  • optional, not held find trends in geographic data optional
  • optional, not held manage database optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 3 required
  • required, not held geography required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • required, not held statistics required
03 working with computers 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held digital data processing required
  • required, not held use data processing techniques required
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held demography required
  • optional, not held quantitative analysis optional
  • optional, not held sociology optional
05 education 1 required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held empirical analysis required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a demographer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 35 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 research design knowledge
  • 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 multidisciplinary research knowledge
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held teach in academic or vocational contexts skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held interview focus groups optional
  • optional, not held teach geography optional
  • optional, not held write research proposals optional
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held urban planning optional
09 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific modelling optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop scientific theories optional
  • optional, not held monitor sociological trends optional
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
  • optional, not held find trends in geographic data optional
  • optional, not held interview focus groups optional
  • optional, not held manage database optional
  • optional, not held quantitative analysis optional
  • optional, not held scientific modelling optional
  • optional, not held sociology optional
  • optional, not held teach geography optional
  • optional, not held urban planning optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
  • optional, not held write research proposals optional
39 held skills the demographer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on irrigation projects skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on soil and water protection skill
  • not needed by the target role agroecology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role agroforestry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply precision farming skill
  • not needed by the target role assess new farming technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role bioeconomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role climate smart agriculture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with farm regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role conservation agriculture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consultation methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create soil and plant improvement programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role cultivate crops for biomass skill
  • not needed by the target role e-agriculture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role educate on recycling regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluate employees work skill
  • not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect project regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role integrated food-energy systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead a team skill
  • not needed by the target role livestock farming systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage fisheries projects skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor the farm environmental management plan skill
  • not needed by the target role organic farming knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide advice to farmers skill
  • not needed by the target role provide advice to hatcheries skill
  • not needed by the target role report on environmental issues skill
  • not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role research livestock production skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff on recycling programs skill
  • not needed by the target role use agronomic modelling 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held demography required
  • required, not held empirical analysis required
  • required, not held geography required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
  • required, not held statistics required
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held quantitative analysis optional
  • optional, not held scientific modelling optional
  • optional, not held sociology optional
  • optional, not held urban planning optional
Index

Other moves recorded from agricultural scientist

Full index of moves from agricultural scientist

Note

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.