Competencies Biological Scientist in the Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie Region
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Find out what competencies you typically need to work as a biological scientist in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Biologists and related scientists (NOC 21110).

Skills Help - Skills

  • Biologists
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Reading Comprehension 5 - Highest Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 5 - Highest Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 5 - Highest Level
    Problem Solving 5 - Highest Level
    Critical Thinking 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Quality Control Testing 4 - High Level
    Operation Monitoring of Machinery and Equipment 4 - High Level
    Digital Literacy 4 - High Level
  • Microbiologists and cell and molecular biologists
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Digital Literacy 5 - Highest Level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Reading Comprehension 5 - Highest Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 5 - Highest Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 5 - Highest Level
    Evaluation 5 - Highest Level
    Problem Solving 5 - Highest Level
    Critical Thinking 5 - Highest Level
    Learning and Teaching Strategies 5 - Highest Level
    Decision Making 5 - Highest Level

Skills

Skills are capabilities that you develop over time. Different jobs require different skills. You will need them to do a good job in your roles, tasks, and duties.

Personal Attributes Help - Personal Attributes

  • Biologists
    Importance
    Active Learning 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Leadership 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Analytical Thinking 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 3 - Important
  • Microbiologists and cell and molecular biologists
    Importance
    Active Learning 5 - Extremely important
    Innovativeness 5 - Extremely important
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Creativity 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Leadership 3 - Important

Personal Attributes

Personal attributes are the traits that you are born with. You can develop them through your social context and personal experiences. Different jobs require different personal attributes. Personal attributes are important at work because they influence how you are, and how you do things.

Interest Help - Interest

Realistic jobs

Realistic jobs are all about handling objects, tools, machines, or animals in a standard way. Many of these jobs don’t involve a lot of paperwork or teamwork.

Investigative jobs

Investigative jobs are all about studying things in an organized or creative way. These things can be physical, natural, or cultural. People in those jobs must think a lot, work with ideas, search for facts and solve problems.

Artistic jobs

Artistic jobs are all about expressing yourself in a creative way to make visual, performing, written, or applied art. They often involve working with forms, designs and patterns. Most of the time, people in those jobs don’t have to follow clear rules.

Social jobs

Social jobs are all about working with people. This often involves interacting with others to help, care, teach, or inform them.

Enterprising jobs

Enterprising jobs are all about taking action to achieve goals for a group or for yourself. This often involves starting and completing projects. People in those jobs often have to influence, lead and mobilize others. They sometimes also have to take risks and decisions or deal with business.

Conventional jobs

Conventional jobs are all about following procedures and routines. This may involve tasks like keeping records, filing paperwork and copying documents. It may also involve working with data to organize and process it in a planned way. People in those jobs often have to report to a clear chain of command. They tend to focus more on data and details than ideas.

Interest

Interests reflect your preferences for work environments and outcomes. Different jobs require different interests.

Knowledge Help - Knowledge

  • Biologists
    Knowledge level
    Technical Design 3 - Advanced Level
    Agriculture and Horticulture 3 - Advanced Level
    Forestry 3 - Advanced Level
    Livestock, Farm Animals & Wildlife 3 - Advanced Level
    Water Resources 3 - Advanced Level
    Biology 3 - Advanced Level
    Geoscience 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Mathematics 3 - Advanced Level
    Physical Health 3 - Advanced Level
  • Microbiologists and cell and molecular biologists
    Knowledge level
    Technical Design 3 - Advanced Level
    Biology 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Mathematics 3 - Advanced Level
    Water Resources 2 - Intermediate Level
    Chemistry 2 - Intermediate Level
    Geoscience 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Physical Health 2 - Intermediate Level
    Agriculture and Horticulture 1 - Basic Level

Knowledge

Knowledge refers to the understanding of different theories and practices. Different jobs require different knowledge. You need specific knowledge to do tasks and activities in a specific field.

Source Occupational and Skills Information System

Labour Market Information Survey
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