soil scientist
ISCO: 2133. Skills: 54. Essential: 14.
Essential skills
- advise on nature conservation
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- conduct soil sample tests
- crop production principles
- ecology
- European pesticide legislation
- gather experimental data
- geology
- perform laboratory tests
- scientific literature
- soil mechanics
- soil science
- soil structure
- write work-related reports
Supporting skills
- adjust surveying equipment
- advise on fertiliser and herbicide
- advise on pollution prevention
- advise on soil and water protection
- agricultural equipment
- agroforestry
- agronomical production principles
- agronomy
- apply sustainable tillage techniques
- biology
- climate change impact
- collect samples
- collect samples for analysis
- conduct field work
- conduct land surveys
- conservation agriculture
- develop irrigation strategies
- develop scientific research protocols
- ensure soil fertility
- environmental engineering
- environmental legislation
- fertilisation principles
- government policy
- habitat restoration
- hydrology
- implement biodiversity action plans
- inspect agricultural fields
- irrigation systems
- laboratory techniques
- liaise with crop growers
- operate surveying instruments
- perform scientific research
- plant harvest methods
- plant propagation
- pollution prevention
- prepare surveying report
- record survey data
- surveying
- surveying methods
- sustainable agricultural production principles