As a Biochemist, you will need to master following:

• analyse chemical substances
• apply safety procedures in laboratory
• biological chemistry
• genetics
• manage intellectual property rights
• operate open source software

More generally, a biochemist is also versed in:

• analytical chemistry
• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply scientific methods
• biology
• biotechnology
• calibrate laboratory equipment
• communicable diseases
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• conduct research across disciplines
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• evaluate research activities
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• laboratory techniques
• maintain laboratory equipment
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• mentor individuals
• molecular biology
• perform chemical experiments
• perform laboratory tests
• perform project management
• perform scientific research
• pharmaceutical chemistry
• pharmacology
• promote inclusion in research
• promote open innovation in research
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
• promote the transfer of knowledge
• publish academic research
• scientific research methodology
• speak different languages
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• write scientific publications

It also helps to know the following:

• advise on crop diseases
• analyse blood samples
• analyse cell cultures
• develop product design
• develop scientific theories
• evolutionary biology
• microbiology-bacteriology
• perform lectures
• plant disease control
• apply blended learning
• archive scientific documentation
• assess environmental impact
• clinical biochemistry
• contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products
• control production
• develop scientific research protocols
• lead clinical pharmacology studies
• medical laboratory technology
• pest control in plants
• prepare compliance documents
• prepare lesson content
• production processes
• recommend product improvements
• supervise laboratory operations
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• toxicology
• virology
• write research proposals