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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)

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 %