Mathematician

Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians conduct research and experimental development, improve or develop mathematical, actuarial or statistical concepts, theories and operational methods, and apply this knowledge in engineering, business, social and other sciences.

• studying, improving or developing mathematical, actuarial or statistical theories and techniques;
• advising on or applying mathematical principles, models and techniques in engineering, natural, business, social and other sciences;
• preparing logical analyses of management problems, mainly in terms of efficiency, and formulating mathematical models of each problem, usually for programming and solution by computer;
• developing and implementing social security and pension schemes, health, social and other types of insurance systems;
• applying mathematical and statistical theories, probability and risk theories to calculate the potential financial impact of future events;
• planning and organising statistical surveys and other data collection and designing questionnaires;
• evaluating, processing, analysing and interpreting statistical data and preparing it for publication;
• advising on or applying various data collection methods, statistical methods and techniques, and determining the reliability of findings in medicine, business, natural, social and other sciences;
• preparing scientific papers and reports;
• supervising the work of mathematical, actuarial and statistical associate professionals and clerks.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Actuary
• Analyst, operations research
• Demographer
• Mathematician
• Statistician