As a Hydrologist, you will need to master following:

• manage intellectual property rights
• operate open source software

More generally, a hydrologist is also versed in:

• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply scientific methods
• apply statistical analysis techniques
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• conduct research across disciplines
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• develop environmental policy
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• develop water purification methods
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• ensure compliance with environmental legislation
• environmental policy
• evaluate research activities
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• mentor individuals
• operate scientific measuring equipment
• 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
• scientific modelling
• scientific research methodology
• speak different languages
• statistics
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• water policies
• write scientific publications

It also helps to know the following:

• advise on soil and water protection
• analyse environmental data
• botany
• conduct erosion control
• conduct sediment control
• microbiology-bacteriology
• plan water resource development
• test samples for pollutants
• advise on environmental remediation
• advise on pollution prevention
• apply blended learning
• carry out waste water treatment
• collect samples for analysis
• conduct field work
• design scientific equipment
• develop environmental remediation strategies
• develop flood remediation strategies
• develop scientific research protocols
• fish identification and classification
• geography
• geology
• identify risk of flooding
• manage water quality testing
• monitor water quality
• oceanography
• perform laboratory tests
• promote environmental awareness
• report on environmental issues
• report test findings
• soil science
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• write research proposals