Determining the Skill Requirements

The process for defining the Skill Requirements of the group involves generating answers to the following questions  

To answer the second question a list is made of the broad technical skills required for each project, e.g. synthetic chemist, colloid scientist or biologist, which will be needed during its lifetime. It is important at this stage not to forget any technical or other support that may well needed from outside the group or company, for instance from analytical services, computer modelling and information services. 

To address the final question it is necessary to break down these broad requirements into the specific skills and the number of people with these skills that will be needed for each project For example, the synthetic chemistry requirement 

Project Skills Numbers Specific Skills Support 

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