Plan, conduct and report on investigations, including the use of secondary data
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies Planning and organising |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
Collect and record information or data in the library, laboratory or field and summarising it using appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative techniques
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies Planning and organising, written communication |
| Personal capabilities Achievement orientation, initiative, decisiveness, questioning |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements Professional expertise |
Devise, plan and undertake field and laboratory investigations in a responsible and safe manner, paying due attention to risk assessment, rights of access, relevant health and safety regulations, legal requirements and sensitivity to the impact of investigations on the environment and stakeholders
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies Planning and organising, written communication, interpersonal sensitivity |
| Personal capabilities Achievement orientation, initiative, decisiveness, questioning |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness Process operation |
Practical elements Professional expertise |
Appreciate and analyse financial and other management information and use it in decision making
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities Decisiveness |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness Financial awareness |
Practical elements |
Appreciate issues of sample selection, accuracy, precision and uncertainty during collection recording and analysis of data in the field and laboratory
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities Decisiveness |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
Appreciate the difficulties of having incomplete information on which to base decisions
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities Decisiveness, adaptability/flexibility |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
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