Physicists
Conduct research into physical phenomena, develop theories on the basis of observation and experiments, and devise methods to apply physical laws and theories.
Also called: Health Physicist, Physicist, Research Scientist, Scientist
Knowledge:
- physics
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- computers and electronics
Skills:
- using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems
- using math to solve problems
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- create new and original ideas
- quickly know what you are looking at
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Initiative
- Persistence
- Integrity
- Adaptability/Flexibility
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
- CERN Physics Analysis Workstation PAW
- The MathWorks MATLAB
Development environment software
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- National Instruments LabVIEW
Object or component oriented development software
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Python
