What Are Skill Cards?
Skill Cards are clear, easy-to-understand profiles that show the key skills, knowledge, and competences needed for new and emerging jobs in the chemical sector.
They help connect what the industry needs with how people learn — making it easier for companies, educators, and workers to stay ahead in a fast-changing world.
Each Skill Card includes:
A short description of the role
The most important skills and competences
Links to ESCO and EQF levels
You’ll find both short summaries and detailed versions below. Take a look and discover the future of skills in our sectors.
Plastics
Eco-Design Engineer
Eco-design expert integrate sustainability principles into product design to minimize environmental impact. This role focuses on improving product performance and longevity while maximising economic benefits.
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Sustainable Material Engineer
Sustainable Material Specialist focus on developing and implementing eco-friendly materials in the plastics sector. They work on creating alternatives to conventional plastics, such as biodegradable or recyclable polymers, and assess the environmental impact of different materials.
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Consumer Chemicals
Analytics Translator
Analytics Translators extract value from data by linking client challenges, domain expertise, and data analysis opportunities. Their ability to analyze and interpret large data sets is crucial for process optimization and product innovation. They connect technical teams and business stakeholders, providing insights and advice on SSbD strategies, decarbonization, and productivity and quality improvement.
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Fertilisers
Methods Modeller
The Methods Modeller focuses on developing models of carbon stocks and flows across agricultural systems using the peer-reviewed evidence, open source and procured data, with an initial focus on soils. These models will be used to support in building a scientifically credible tool GHG assessment pathway. A key activity is the effective conversion of scientific guidance into code, quality control and data accuracy including testing and providing explanations of the methods and their development.
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Future Farmer
The Future Farmer is a new kind of agricultural leader who blends traditional farming expertise with cutting-edge technology and sustainability. This role emphasizes data-driven decisions, ecological responsibility, and efficient resource use. With skills in AI, robotics, IoT, and precision agriculture, the Future Farmer oversees complex operations to boost yields, improve supply chain transparency, and reduce environmental impact. Ultimately, they are key to transforming agriculture into a resilient and sustainable industry.
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Rubber
Waste Management Officer
Waste Management Officer is in charge of advising and enforcing regulations on facilities managing waste disposal, collection and recycling. They develop and implement rules and evaluate the compliance with existing legislation.
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Pharmaceuticals
Sustainable Process Development Chemist
Sustainable Process Development Chemists work at the intersection of drug discovery and industrial-scale production. They ensure that pharmaceutical compounds can be manufactured in a safe, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible way, considering life cycle impact, regulatory frameworks, and supply chain factors already in the design phase.
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Petrochemicals
Safe & Sustainable by Design Products Manager
Safe & Sustainable by Design Products managers monitor and apply incoming EU and national regulations applicable to the design, production and marketing of chemical substances in order to ensure their safe and sustainable production and use. They also communicate with both actors in the value chain and external partners about the products, their safe use and their sustainability footprint.
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Sustainable Products Sales Manager
Sustainable Products Sales Managers are responsible for marketing products developed and produced according sustainable business processes. They are able to understand, explain the production processes and make such products commercially attractive.