hydrologisttopalaeontologist
A hydrologist already meets 79% of what the palaeontologist role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
79%
34.1/ 100
1 Share of the palaeontologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hydrologist 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 palaeontologist role treats 34 of its required skills as things a hydrologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
What stands in the way is 4 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 45 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A palaeontologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hydrologist background worth leading with.
- already held scientific modelling information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held habitat restoration natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held conduct field work information skills
- already held botany natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held operate scientific measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 45 carried skills, including the 34 the palaeontologist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 7 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 geographic information systems required
- required, not held geological time scale required
- required, not held paleontology required
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held geophysics optional
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held conduct geochemical research optional
- optional, not held identify fossils optional
- optional, not held analyse experimental laboratory data optional
- optional, not held develop scientific theories optional
- optional, not held examine geochemical samples optional
- optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
- optional, not held gather experimental data optional
- optional, not held oversee excavation optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held assemble fossils optional
- optional, not held excavate fossils optional
- optional, not held paleography optional
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a palaeontologist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 geographic information systems knowledge · sector specific
- 02 use geographic information systems skill · sector specific
- 03 geological time scale 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 45 skills that carry over
- already held apply for research funding skill
- already held apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities skill
- already held apply scientific methods 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 geology knowledge
- 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 scientific modelling knowledge
- already held scientific research methodology 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 apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- already held botany knowledge
- already held collect samples for analysis skill
- already held conduct field work skill
- already held geography knowledge
- already held habitat restoration knowledge
- already held operate scientific measuring equipment skill
- already held perform laboratory tests skill
- already held teach in academic or vocational contexts skill
- already held write research proposals skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held locate fossils optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assemble fossils optional
- optional, not held conduct geochemical research optional
- optional, not held excavate fossils optional
- optional, not held identify fossils optional
- optional, not held locate fossils optional
- optional, not held analyse experimental laboratory data optional
- optional, not held develop scientific theories optional
- optional, not held examine geochemical samples optional
- optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
- optional, not held paleography optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held gather experimental data optional
- optional, not held geophysics optional
- optional, not held oversee excavation optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
34 held skills the palaeontologist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on environmental remediation skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pollution prevention skill
- not needed by the target role advise on soil and water protection skill
- not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
- not needed by the target role carry out waste water treatment skill
- not needed by the target role coastal management knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct erosion control skill
- not needed by the target role conduct sediment control skill
- not needed by the target role design scientific equipment skill
- not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
- not needed by the target role develop environmental remediation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop flood remediation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop scientific research protocols skill
- not needed by the target role develop water purification methods skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role environmental design knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role fish identification and classification knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify risk of flooding skill
- not needed by the target role manage land resources permits skill
- not needed by the target role manage water quality testing skill
- not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor water quality skill
- not needed by the target role oceanography knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan water resource development skill
- not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
- not needed by the target role report on environmental issues skill
- not needed by the target role report test findings skill
- not needed by the target role soil science knowledge
- not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role test samples for pollutants skill
- not needed by the target role water policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role watershed development knowledge
7 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 geographic information systems required
- required, not held geological time scale required
- required, not held paleontology required
- optional, not held paleography optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held geophysics 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.