geographer/references/skills.md

Competences — geographer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bac64fa2-dcd6-47bb-8e5c-04e04a86a199).

Essential

• apply for research funding (skill/competence)
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities (skill/competence)
• apply scientific methods (skill/competence)
• apply statistical analysis techniques (skill/competence)
• collect data using GPS (skill/competence)
• communicate with a non-scientific audience (skill/competence)
• conduct public surveys (skill/competence)
• conduct research across disciplines (skill/competence)
• cultural geography (knowledge)
• 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)
• evaluate research activities (skill/competence)
• find trends in geographic data (skill/competence)
• geographic information systems (knowledge)
• geography (knowledge)
• increase the impact of science on policy and society (skill/competence)
• integrate gender dimension in research (skill/competence)
• interact professionally in research and professional environments (skill/competence)
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data (skill/competence)
• manage intellectual property rights (skill/competence)
• manage open publications (skill/competence)
• manage personal professional development (skill/competence)
• manage research data (skill/competence)
• mentor individuals (skill/competence)
• operate open source software (skill/competence)
• 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 modelling (knowledge)
• scientific research methodology (knowledge)
• speak different languages (skill/competence)
• statistics (knowledge)
• synthesise information (skill/competence)
• think abstractly (skill/competence)
• use geographic information systems (skill/competence)
• write scientific publications (skill/competence)

Optional

• analyse environmental data (skill/competence)
• apply blended learning (skill/competence)
• apply digital mapping (skill/competence)
• cartography (knowledge)
• climatology (knowledge)
• collect mapping data (skill/competence)
• conduct field work (skill/competence)
• create GIS reports (skill/competence)
• create thematic maps (skill/competence)
• design customised maps (skill/competence)
• design graphics (skill/competence)
• develop scientific theories (skill/competence)
• digital data processing (nan)
• ecology (knowledge)
• empirical analysis (knowledge)
• environmental legislation (knowledge)
• geology (knowledge)
• interpret aerial photos of timber (skill/competence)
• interview focus groups (skill/competence)
• operate remote sensing equipment (skill/competence)
• photogrammetry (knowledge)
• provide technical expertise (skill/competence)
• remote sensing techniques (knowledge)
• spatial planning (knowledge)
• study aerial photos (skill/competence)
• study radar images (skill/competence)
• surveying (knowledge)
• teach geography (skill/competence)
• teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
• urban planning (knowledge)
• use spreadsheets software (skill/competence)
• write research proposals (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 9 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

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

Hard skills

• data conflation — 33 %
• database design — 33 %
• spatial analysis — 33 %
• spatial data editing — 22 %
• geoprocessing modeling — 22 %
• geospatial analysis — 22 %
• gis analysis — 22 %
• human geography — 22 %
• metadata attribution — 22 %
• data collection — 22 %
• datum transformations — 22 %
• cartography — 22 %
• data analysis — 22 %
• data automation — 11 %
• demographic analysis — 11 %
• empirical research — 11 %
• epidemiology investigations — 11 %
• field research — 11 %
• geo-enabling — 11 %
• data extraction — 11 %
• data geo-enabling — 11 %
• data management — 11 %
• human geography production — 11 %
• imagery analysis — 11 %
• imagery extraction — 11 %
• geospatial data analysis — 11 %
• geospatial data research — 11 %
• geographic database maintenance — 11 %
• geographic research — 11 %
• spatial modeling — 11 %
• scientific publication — 11 %
• statistical methodology review — 11 %
• training facilitation — 11 %
• map production — 11 %
• mapping — 11 %
• modeling — 11 %
• population pattern analysis — 11 %
• problem solving — 11 %
• quality assurance — 11 %
• quality control — 11 %
• research — 11 %
• risk identification — 11 %
• urban experimentation — 11 %
• urban planning — 11 %

Methods

• qa/qc methodology — 22 %
• spatial data standards — 22 %
• socio-technical configurational perspective — 11 %
• source and international affairs collaboration — 11 %
• sustainability transitions — 11 %
• technical exchange — 11 %
• schema development — 11 %
• remote sensing — 11 %
• standard operating procedure (SOP) writing — 11 %
• geography of innovation — 11 %
• geoint production — 11 %
• gis — 11 %
• geointelligence production — 11 %
• international program for human geography (IPHG) — 11 %

Responsibilities

• database maintenance — 33 %
• gis service provision — 22 %
• data collection — 22 %
• report preparation — 22 %
• project collaboration — 22 %
• product creation — 11 %
• report writing — 11 %
• research and development — 11 %
• research design — 11 %
• technical exchange participation — 11 %
• technical issue resolution — 11 %
• technical presentation creation — 11 %
• technical troubleshooting — 11 %
• thesis defense — 11 %
• training facilitation — 11 %
• surveillance mapping — 11 %
• source citation — 11 %
• scientific writing — 11 %
• sme support — 11 %
• staff training — 11 %
• data discrepancy resolution — 11 %
• data management — 11 %
• data organization — 11 %
• data storage — 11 %
• geo-enabling — 11 %
• disease outbreak mitigation — 11 %
• emergency response mapping — 11 %
• data capture — 11 %
• data analysis — 11 %
• conference presentation — 11 %
• data acquisition — 11 %
• animal health support — 11 %
• international meeting support — 11 %
• human geography product creation — 11 %
• metadata attribution — 11 %
• database updating — 11 %
• geoint support — 11 %
• geospatial product dissemination — 11 %
• geospatial support — 11 %
• geospatial data creation — 11 %
• geospatial data dissemination — 11 %
• geospatial analysis — 11 %
• geospatial analysis development — 11 %
• geo-referencing — 11 %