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socCode = "19-1012.00"
title = "Food Scientists and Technologists"
summary = "Use chemistry, microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing and deterioration of foods; analyze food content to determine levels of vitamins, fat, sugar, and protein; discover new food sources; research ways to make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful; and apply food science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package, preserve, store, and distribute food."
aliases = ["Food Scientist", "Food Technologist", "Food and Drug Research Scientist", "Research Chef", "Corporate Food Scientist", "Food Engineer", "Food Safety Regulatory Manager", "Formulator", "Product Development Scientist", "Research Scientist", "Applications Scientist", "Crop Advisor"]

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teleworkable = false
usageRelease = "2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2"

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percentile = 55
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percentile = 26
band = "Low"
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gamma = 0.6923076923076923

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annualOpeningsThousands = 1.2
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employment2024Thousands = 15.2
employment2034Thousands = 16.2

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percentile = 67
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note = "How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss."

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band = "Moderate"
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percentile = 83
band = "High"
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task = "Study methods to improve aspects of foods, such as chemical composition, flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, and convenience."
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source = "dingel_neiman"
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source = "felten_aioe"
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source = "frey_osborne"
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source = "microsoft_working_with_ai"
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source = "openai_gpts_are_gpts"
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label = "work"
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task = "Stay up-to-date on new regulations and current events regarding food science by reviewing scientific literature."
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[[aiPlaybook.seedPrompts]]
prompt = "Teach me how to study the structure and composition of food or the changes foods undergo in storage and processing, then check my work as I try it myself."
collaboration = "learning"

[[aiPlaybook.seedPrompts]]
prompt = "Do this for me: stay up-to-date on new regulations and current events regarding food science by reviewing scientific literature. Give me a finished draft I can review and adjust."
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prompt = "Teach me how to study methods to improve aspects of foods, such as chemical composition, flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, and convenience, then check my work as I try it myself."
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[[aiPlaybook.seedPrompts]]
prompt = "Help me with this part of my job: develop new or improved ways of preserving, processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods, using knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, and other sciences"

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skills = 38
capabilities = 120
tools = 22
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value = 6

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value = 5.31

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value = 5

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value = 4

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value = 3.95

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value = 3.63

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family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 3.19

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name = "Intellectual Curiosity"
family = "work_style"
value = 3

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name = "Culinary Art"
family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 2.72

[[personFit]]
name = "Enterprising"
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value = 2.58

[[personFit]]
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family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 2.58

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name = "Artistic"
family = "career_interest_type"
value = 2.45

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title = "Food Science Technicians"
tier = "Primary-Short"

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title = "Animal Scientists"
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title = "Chemists"
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tier = "Primary-Short"

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title = "Microbiologists"
tier = "Primary-Short"

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slug = "role-11-9041-01"
title = "Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers"
tier = "Primary-Long"

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slug = "role-19-1013-00"
title = "Soil and Plant Scientists"
tier = "Primary-Long"

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title = "Quality Control Analysts"
tier = "Primary-Long"

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release = "2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot"

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label = "AI occupational exposure"
score = 0.7943575
scale = "relative exposure score"
release = "2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks"

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release = "2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks"

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