PATHLENSA RISKATLAS.CO.ZA PRODUCT · SOUTH AFRICA
RISKATLAS.CO.ZA
Pharmaceutical Physician
OFO Code: 213111
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 213111
- Occupation
- Pharmaceutical Physician
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 2131 · Biologists, Botanists, Zoologists and Related Professionals
Official description
Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals study living organisms and their interactions with each other and with the environment, and apply this knowledge to solve human health and environmental problems. They work in diverse fields such as botany, zoology, ecology, marine biology, genetics, immunology, pharmacology, toxicology, physiology, bacteriology and virology.
More official OFO detail
Alternative titles: Clinical Research Physician
- Writing scientific papers and reports detailing research and any new findings which are then made available to the scientific community in scientific journals or at conferences for scrutiny and further debate
- Designing and conducting experiments and tests
- Providing advice to governments, organizations and businesses in areas such as conservation, management of natural resources, the effects of climate change and pollution
- Designing and carrying out environmental impact assessments to identify changes caused by natural or human factors
- Gathering human, animal, insect and plant specimens and data, and studying their origin, development, chemical and physical form, structure, composition, and life and reproductive processes
- Identifying, classifying, recording and monitoring living organisms and maintaining databases
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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5. Qualification
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned