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Specialist
Specialist
Specialists are excited by a specific field in particular, and often work for a long time in that area, gaining experience. They can advise and provide information on their niche, working both internally and externally to a company to use their expertise where needed.
Skills & Attributes
Skills & Attributes
Technical knowledge
Specialists are hired for their extensive knowledge and experience in a particular area.
Flexible
Specialists must be able to work in a multidisciplinary team and under different leadership and teamwork styles depending on who they are working for.
Commercial awareness
Specialists need commercial awareness to be able to identify gaps in the market to understand the options currently available in the field.
Pitching ideas
Pitching ideas allows Specialists to effectively communicate information to allow the customer to identify the best solution.
Interpersonal skills
Specialists may need to network effectively to get work and be able to speak to many different people to communicate their knowledge.
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Consultant
Consultant
Work with an organisation on a specific issue by using your problem solving skills and experience.
Technologist
Technologist
Be on top of the latest advances by developing and implementing the newest technology.
Engineering Specialist
Engineering Specialist
Provide specialist guidance to steer an engineering project through the development phase.
Role model
Role model
KaLPana chawla
KaLPana chawla
Kalpana Chawla (1962-2003) was mission specialist and robotic arm operator for the Space Shuttle Columbia. She was the first woman of Indian descent to go to space.
She grew up in Punjab and gained a Bachelor's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College before achieving a Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas and a PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Her research in computational fluid dynamics at the NASA Ames Research Centre led to advances in the field of vertical and short take-off as landing concepts.
Her first flight in 1997 lasted 15 days and 12 hours. It was on this trip that she spoke the words "You are just your intelligence". Chawla unfortunately passed away, along with 6 other crew members, on her second mission in Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster in 2003. She is regarded as a national hero in India and numerous buildings, awards, and discoveries have been named after her.
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