Interests, skills and competencies related to this Focus Area:
- Interest in doing hands-on experiments
- Interest in finding out how things work
- Interest in doing mathematical calculations
- Understanding and application of the scientific method
- Observation and analysis of similarities and differences
- Collecting/measuring qualitative and quantitative data
- Communicating and interpreting data through a variety of methods
- Understanding the inter-relationship of variables in the prediction of outcomes beyond the laboratory setting
- Formulating physical or mental models
- Designing experiments
- Collaborating with other scientists to enhance productivity
- Awareness of safety, hazards and risks of working in a scientific environment
Occupations
- Surveyor
- Microbiologist
- Veterinary Technician
- Lab Technician
- Environmental Engineer
- Physicist
- Chemist
- Pharmacist
- Meteorologist
- Forester
- Geologist
- Chemical Engineer
- Water Quality Technician
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