conservation scientist
Code 2133.3
Conservation scientists manage the quality of specific forests, parks and other natural resources. They protect the wildlife habitat, biodiversity, scenic value, and other unique attributes of preserves and conservation lands. Conservation scientists perform field work.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- biology
- ecology
- animal species
- sustainable forest management
- environmental legislation
- geographic information systems
Skills and competences
- speak different languages
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- coordinate educational programmes
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- operate open source software
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- educate the public about wildlife
- develop environmental policy
- write scientific publications
- evaluate research activities
- manage contracts
- manage research data
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage open publications
- identify plants characteristics
- integrate gender dimension in research
- perform scientific research
- conduct research across disciplines
- measure trees
- think abstractly
- mentor individuals
- write work-related reports
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- respond to enquiries
- apply for research funding
- use ICT resources to solve work related tasks
Transversal competences
- advise on nature conservation
- estimate duration of work
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage personal professional development
- educate people about nature
- think analytically
- business management principles
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- conduct educational activities
- synthesise information
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences