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

palaeontologisttogeographer

A palaeontologist already meets 73% of what the geographer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From palaeontologist
73%
Overlap1
To geographer
42 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
39.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

73%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

39.8/ 100

1 Share of the geographer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the palaeontologist 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 geographer role treats 36 of its required skills as things a palaeontologist 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
  • apply statistical analysis techniques
  • communicate with a non-scientific audience
  • conduct research across disciplines

What stands in the way is 5 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 42 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A geographer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a palaeontologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held scientific modelling information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held conduct field work information skills
  • already held geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held develop scientific theories information skills
  • already held geographic information systems natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held use geographic information systems working with computers

All 42 carried skills, including the 36 the geographer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 8 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 3 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held collect data using GPS required
  • required, not held conduct public surveys required
  • required, not held find trends in geographic data required
  • optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
  • optional, not held interpret aerial photos of timber optional
  • optional, not held collect mapping data optional
  • optional, not held create GIS reports optional
  • optional, not held study aerial photos optional
  • optional, not held study radar images optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held cultural geography required
  • required, not held statistics required
  • optional, not held climatology optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held remote sensing techniques optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held design customised maps optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
  • optional, not held interview focus groups optional
  • optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
  • optional, not held teach geography optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held cartography optional
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
  • optional, not held surveying optional
  • optional, not held urban planning optional
05 working with computers 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held digital data processing optional
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held create thematic maps optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held environmental legislation optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a geographer 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 42 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 apply scientific methods skill
  • already held apply statistical analysis techniques 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 geographic information systems knowledge
  • already held geography 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 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 use geographic information systems skill
  • already held write scientific publications skill
  • already held apply blended learning skill
  • already held conduct field work skill
  • already held develop scientific theories skill
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held teach in academic or vocational contexts skill
  • already held write research proposals skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held empirical analysis optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate remote sensing equipment optional
26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
  • optional, not held cartography optional
  • optional, not held digital data processing optional
  • optional, not held interpret aerial photos of timber optional
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held climatology optional
  • optional, not held collect mapping data optional
  • optional, not held create GIS reports optional
  • optional, not held create thematic maps optional
  • optional, not held design customised maps optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held empirical analysis optional
  • optional, not held environmental legislation optional
  • optional, not held interview focus groups optional
  • optional, not held operate remote sensing equipment optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
  • optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
  • optional, not held remote sensing techniques optional
  • optional, not held study aerial photos optional
  • optional, not held study radar images optional
  • optional, not held surveying optional
  • optional, not held teach geography optional
  • optional, not held urban planning optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
24 held skills the geographer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse experimental laboratory data skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble fossils skill
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role botany knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct geochemical research skill
  • not needed by the target role examine geochemical samples skill
  • not needed by the target role excavate fossils skill
  • not needed by the target role gather experimental data skill
  • not needed by the target role geological time scale knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geophysics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify fossils skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret geophysical data skill
  • not needed by the target role locate fossils skill
  • not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee excavation skill
  • not needed by the target role paleography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role paleontology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
  • not needed by the target role record test data skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific literature knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
12 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 cultural geography required
  • required, not held statistics required
  • optional, not held cartography optional
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held climatology optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held empirical analysis optional
  • optional, not held environmental legislation optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
  • optional, not held remote sensing techniques optional
  • optional, not held surveying optional
  • optional, not held urban planning optional
Index

Other moves recorded from palaeontologist

Full index of moves from palaeontologist

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.