# Competences — biologist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/eee68e13-8248-43bb-a9fb-959832a6c217).

## Essential

- **apply for research funding** (skill/competence)
- **apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities** (skill/competence)
- **apply scientific methods** (skill/competence)
- **biology** (knowledge)
- **botany** (knowledge)
- **collect biological data** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with a non-scientific audience** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research across disciplines** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research on fauna** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research on flora** (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)
- **ecosystem management** (knowledge)
- **evaluate research activities** (skill/competence)
- **gather experimental data** (skill/competence)
- **increase the impact of science on policy and society** (skill/competence)
- **interact professionally in research and professional environments** (skill/competence)
- **laboratory techniques** (knowledge)
- **life sciences** (knowledge)
- **manage open publications** (skill/competence)
- **manage personal professional development** (skill/competence)
- **manage research data** (skill/competence)
- **microbiology-bacteriology** (knowledge)
- **molecular biology** (knowledge)
- **perform project management** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (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)
- **scientific literature** (knowledge)
- **scientific research methodology** (knowledge)
- **send samples to laboratory** (skill/competence)
- **synthesise information** (skill/competence)
- **virology** (knowledge)
- **write scientific publications** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- analyse blood samples (skill/competence)
- analyse cell cultures (skill/competence)
- animal welfare legislation (knowledge)
- applied zoology (knowledge)
- aquatic species (knowledge)
- archive scientific documentation (skill/competence)
- assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations (skill/competence)
- biological chemistry (knowledge)
- biosecurity (knowledge)
- biotechnology in aquaculture (knowledge)
- chemistry (knowledge)
- collect fish samples for diagnosis (skill/competence)
- collect samples for analysis (skill/competence)
- communicate by telephone (skill/competence)
- computational biology (knowledge)
- conduct ecological research (skill/competence)
- conduct fish mortality studies (skill/competence)
- conduct fish populations studies (skill/competence)
- conduct genome research (skill/competence)
- conserve natural resources (skill/competence)
- create natural science taxonomies (skill/competence)
- cryopreservation (knowledge)
- develop aquaculture breeding strategies (skill/competence)
- develop scientific research protocols (skill/competence)
- ecology (knowledge)
- entomology (knowledge)
- fish anatomy (knowledge)
- fish biology (knowledge)
- fish identification and classification (knowledge)
- genomics (knowledge)
- habitat restoration (knowledge)
- herpetology (knowledge)
- identify poisons (skill/competence)
- inspect fish stock (skill/competence)
- lepidoptery (knowledge)
- mammalogy (knowledge)
- marine biology (knowledge)
- medical parasitology (knowledge)
- monitor fish health status (skill/competence)
- mycology (knowledge)
- oceanography (knowledge)
- ornithology (knowledge)
- pathology (knowledge)
- perform field research (skill/competence)
- perform laboratory tests (skill/competence)
- pharmacology (knowledge)
- proteomics (knowledge)
- provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities (skill/competence)
- provide technical expertise (skill/competence)
- quality assurance methodologies (knowledge)
- reforestation (knowledge)
- report analysis results (skill/competence)
- screen live fish deformities (skill/competence)
- seek innovation in current practices (skill/competence)
- stem cells (knowledge)
- synthetic biology (knowledge)
- toxicology (knowledge)
- write research proposals (skill/competence)
- write routine reports (skill/competence)
- write work-related reports (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 30 ads, as of 2026-07-09)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- data analysis — **40 %**
- data collection — **20 %**
- habitat assessment — **20 %**

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