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# Competences — palaeontologist
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/82e37849-30ec-4461-a40e-263d4c984f88).
## Essential
- **apply for research funding** (skill/competence)
- **apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities** (skill/competence)
- **apply scientific methods** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with a non-scientific audience** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research across disciplines** (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)
- **evaluate research activities** (skill/competence)
- **geographic information systems** (knowledge)
- **geological time scale** (knowledge)
- **geology** (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)
- **paleontology** (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 modelling** (knowledge)
- **scientific research methodology** (knowledge)
- **speak different languages** (skill/competence)
- **synthesise information** (skill/competence)
- **think abstractly** (skill/competence)
- **use geographic information systems** (skill/competence)
- **write scientific publications** (skill/competence)
## Optional
- analyse experimental laboratory data (skill/competence)
- apply blended learning (skill/competence)
- apply statistical analysis techniques (skill/competence)
- assemble fossils (skill/competence)
- biology (knowledge)
- botany (knowledge)
- chemistry (knowledge)
- collect samples for analysis (skill/competence)
- conduct field work (skill/competence)
- conduct geochemical research (skill/competence)
- develop scientific theories (skill/competence)
- examine geochemical samples (skill/competence)
- excavate fossils (skill/competence)
- gather experimental data (skill/competence)
- geography (knowledge)
- geophysics (knowledge)
- habitat restoration (knowledge)
- identify fossils (skill/competence)
- interpret geophysical data (skill/competence)
- locate fossils (skill/competence)
- operate scientific measuring equipment (skill/competence)
- oversee excavation (skill/competence)
- paleography (knowledge)
- perform laboratory tests (skill/competence)
- record test data (skill/competence)
- teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
- work ergonomically (skill/competence)
- write research proposals (skill/competence)
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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-18)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
### Hard skills
- data analysis — **57 %**
- budget management — **29 %**
- collections management — **29 %**
- comparative anatomy — **29 %**
- paleontology — **29 %**
- project management — **29 %**
- regulatory compliance — **29 %**
- systematics — **29 %**
- taxonomy — **14 %**
- technical report preparation — **14 %**
- research project leadership — **14 %**
- specimen curation — **14 %**
- specimen preparation — **14 %**
- technical writing — **14 %**
- vertebrate anatomy — **14 %**
- research — **14 %**
- public programming — **14 %**
- paleobotanical taxonomy — **14 %**
- paleontological research — **14 %**
- paleontological resource mitigation — **14 %**
- phylogenetics — **14 %**
- policy development — **14 %**
- program implementation — **14 %**
- macrofloral analysis — **14 %**
- microscopy — **14 %**
- morphometrics — **14 %**
- collection care — **14 %**
- excavation — **14 %**
- exhibit development — **14 %**
- fossil anatomy identification — **14 %**
- data capture — **14 %**
- descriptive anatomy — **14 %**
- digitization — **14 %**
- documentation — **14 %**
### Methods
- best practices — **14 %**
- ceqa/nepa documentation — **14 %**
- countywide paleontology management planning — **14 %**
- collections-based research — **14 %**
- ct scanning — **14 %**
- museum best practices — **14 %**
- museum curation — **14 %**
- natural history collections — **14 %**
- ontogenetic analysis — **14 %**
- field research — **14 %**
- imaging techniques — **14 %**
- inclusive programming — **14 %**
- interpretive program development — **14 %**
- peer review publication — **14 %**
- permit reporting — **14 %**
- phylogenetic techniques — **14 %**
- scientific collaboration — **14 %**
### Responsibilities
- research conduction — **29 %**
- report preparation — **29 %**
- field team oversight — **29 %**
- data analysis — **29 %**
- facility planning — **14 %**
- fossil collection — **14 %**
- fossil identification — **14 %**
- fossil research — **14 %**
- grant proposal preparation — **14 %**
- image capturing — **14 %**
- data interpretation — **14 %**
- data quality control — **14 %**
- database management — **14 %**
- ct data processing — **14 %**
- conference participation — **14 %**
- cost proposal preparation — **14 %**
- collections reorganization — **14 %**
- client coordination — **14 %**
- collaboration with curators — **14 %**
- agency coordination — **14 %**
- anatomical key usage — **14 %**
- outreach event facilitation — **14 %**
- junior staff mentoring — **14 %**
- lab maintenance — **14 %**
- literature review — **14 %**
- manuscript review — **14 %**
- marketing support — **14 %**
- project management — **14 %**
- public outreach — **14 %**
- scientific reporting — **14 %**
- specimen maintenance — **14 %**
- specimen organization — **14 %**
- technical report preparation — **14 %**
- volunteer supervision — **14 %**
- mitigation implementation — **14 %**
- vendor identification — **14 %**
- timesheet submission — **14 %**
- specimen preparation — **14 %**
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