# Competences — climatologist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3dbd758c-6dc0-41fe-8248-2250c9bfa4ab).

## Essential

- **advise on weather-related issues** (skill/competence)
- **analyse weather forecast** (skill/competence)
- **carry out meteorological research** (skill/competence)
- **climate change impact** (knowledge)
- **climatology** (knowledge)
- **collect weather-related data** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research across disciplines** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research on climate processes** (skill/competence)
- **meteorology** (knowledge)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **statistics** (knowledge)

## Optional

- agronomy (knowledge)
- analyse environmental data (skill/competence)
- assess environmental impact (skill/competence)
- conduct ecological research (skill/competence)
- determine historic climate changes (skill/competence)
- develop environmental policy (skill/competence)
- develop models for weather forecast (skill/competence)
- environmental policy (knowledge)
- geographic information systems (knowledge)
- geology (knowledge)
- green space strategies (knowledge)
- manage air quality (skill/competence)
- manage meteorological database (skill/competence)
- oceanography (knowledge)
- operate meteorological instruments (skill/competence)
- palaeoclimatology (knowledge)
- urban pollution implications (knowledge)
- use geographic information systems (skill/competence)
- use meteorological tools to forecast meteorological conditions (skill/competence)
- use specialised computer models for weather forecasting (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 23 ads, as of 2026-07-10)

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

### Hard skills

- data analysis — **39 %**
- statistical analysis — **22 %**
- research — **17 %**
- project management — **17 %**

### Responsibilities

- data analysis — **26 %**

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