As a Geneticist, you will need to master following:

• decide on type of genetic testing
• genetic engineering
• genetics
• interpret laboratory data in medical genetics
• manage intellectual property rights
• microbiology-bacteriology
• operate open source software

More generally, a geneticist is also versed in:

• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply scientific methods
• biology
• biotechnology
• 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 genetic data
• evaluate research activities
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• laboratory techniques
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• medical genetics
• mentor individuals
• perform laboratory tests
• perform project management
• perform scientific research
• 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
• report analysis results
• scientific research methodology
• speak different languages
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• undertake research in medical genetics
• write scientific publications

It also helps to know the following:

• advise on prenatal genetic diseases
• analyse blood samples
• biological chemistry
• botany
• develop scientific theories
• diagnose genetic diseases
• embryology
• liaise with genetic laboratories
• maintain genetic registers
• manage ethical dilemmas in genetic testing
• professional documentation in health care
• provide genetic counselling
• take referrals for genetic testing
• undertake genetic risk assessment
• apply blended learning
• archive scientific documentation
• assess environmental impact
• assist in clinical trials
• chemistry
• clinical cytology
• develop patient treatment strategies
• develop pharmaceutical drugs
• develop scientific research protocols
• ecology
• general medicine
• histology
• immunology
• molecular biology
• pharmacology
• provide technical expertise
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• virology
• write research proposals