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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Research, design, plan, or perform engineering duties in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental hazards using various engineering disciplines. Work may include waste treatment, site remediation, or pollution control technology. | Prepare, review, and update environmental investigation and recommendation reports. | |||
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Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, and other specialists, and experts in law and business to address environmental problems. | ||||
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Obtain, update, and maintain plans, permits, and standard operating procedures. | ||||
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Provide technical-level support for environmental remediation and litigation projects, including remediation system design and determination of regulatory applicability. | ||||
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Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs. | ||||
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Inspect industrial and municipal facilities and programs to evaluate operational effectiveness and ensure compliance with environmental regulations. | ||||
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Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, and performing other general administrative duties. | ||||
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Develop proposed project objectives and targets, and report to management on progress in attaining them. | ||||
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Advise corporations and government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment. | ||||
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Advise industries and government agencies about environmental policies and standards. | ||||
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Inform company employees and other interested parties of environmental issues. | ||||
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Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, and land. | ||||
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Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, and administration. | ||||
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Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans and methods for loading and transporting waste. | ||||
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Coordinate and manage environmental protection programs and projects, assigning and evaluating work. | ||||
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Serve as liaison with federal, state, and local agencies and officials on issues pertaining to solid and hazardous waste program requirements. | ||||
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Prepare hazardous waste manifests and land disposal restriction notifications. | ||||
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Serve on teams conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities, providing assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, and sampling. | ||||
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Develop and present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions. | ||||
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Maintain, write, and revise quality assurance documentation and procedures. | ||||
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Develop, implement, and manage plans and programs related to conservation and management of natural resources. | ||||
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Assess, sort, characterize, and pack known and unknown materials. | ||||
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Request bids from suppliers or consultants. | ||||
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Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, and planning or reviewing database development. | ||||
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Design and supervise the development of systems processes or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Environmental Engineers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
ANSYS software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Air dispersion modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Autodesk AutoCAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Bentley Microstation | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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C++ | Object or component oriented development software | |||
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Computer aided design CAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Continuous emission management software | Compliance software | |||
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DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Ecological risk assessment software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Environmental health and safety documentation software | Compliance software | |||
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Finite element method FEM software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Formula translation/translator FORTRAN | Development environment software | |||
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Fugitive emission leak detection software | Industrial control software | |||
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Gas dispersion model software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Geomechanical design analysis GDA software | Map creation software | |||
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Greenhouse gas management software | Compliance software | |||
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HEC RAS | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Hazardous materials management software | Compliance software | |||
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Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Image analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Insightful S-PLUS | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Kubotek CADKEY software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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LINDO Systems software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Maplesoft Maple | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Material safety data sheet MSDS software | Compliance software | |||
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Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Oil mapping software | Map creation software | |||
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Photogrammetric software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Python | Object or component oriented development software | |||
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Regulatory compliance management software | Compliance software | |||
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RockWare MODFLOW | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Rockwell Automation Arena | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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SAS software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Site remediation management software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Slam software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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SofTech CADRA | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Stormwater runoff modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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WAM software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Waste management software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Water flow modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Wind flow modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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XP Software XPSWMM | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Air incubators | Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators | |||
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Air velocity meters | Air velocity and temperature monitors | |||
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Ambient air measurement devices | Air velocity and temperature monitors | |||
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Anaerobic growth chambers | Anaerobic chamber | |||
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Argon ionization detectors | Ionmeters | |||
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Atomic absorption AA spectrometers | Atomic absorption AA spectrometers | |||
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Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers | Spectrophotometers | |||
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Autoclaves | Steam autoclaves or sterilizers | |||
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Automatic titrators | Titration equipment | |||
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Balances | Laboratory balances | |||
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Biological oxidizers | Sample oxidizer | |||
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California bearing ratio CBR testing devices | Penetrometers | |||
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Capillary electrophoresis systems | Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis | |||
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Centrifuges | Benchtop centrifuges | |||
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Charge-coupled device CCD cameras | Photo attachments for microscopes | |||
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Chemostats | Bacteria transformation kits | |||
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Colorimeters | Colorimeters | |||
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Combustible gas meters | Gas detectors | |||
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Conductivity meters | Conductivity meters | |||
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Consolidometers | Permeability testing apparatus | |||
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Core drill rigs | Core drills | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Direct shear testing devices | Shear strength testers | |||
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Dissolved oxygen meters | Dissolved oxygen meters | |||
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Electric pumps | Mud pumps | |||
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Electron capture detectors ECD | Electrometers | |||
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Environmental probe systems | Electronic measuring probes | |||
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Epifluorescence microscopes | Fluorescent microscopes | |||
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Flame emission detectors | Flame ionization analyzers | |||
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Flame ionization detectors FID | Flame ionization analyzers | |||
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Flow meters | Flowmeters | |||
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Fluorescence detectors | Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers | |||
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Fluorescence spectrophotometers | Spectrophotometers | |||
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Freeze dryers | Freeze dryers or lyopholizers | |||
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Fume hoods | Fume hoods or cupboards | |||
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Gas chromatographs GC | Gas chromatographs | |||
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Gas meters | Gas gauges | |||
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Geoprobes | Soil core sampling apparatus | |||
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Global positioning system GPS devices | Global positioning system receivers | |||
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Glove box systems | Isolation glove boxes | |||
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Graphite furnaces | Programmable tube furnaces | |||
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Headspace autosamplers | Autosamplers | |||
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Hydrological current meters | Open stream current meters | |||
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Incubators | Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators | |||
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Individual burner air measurement IBAM probes | Electronic measuring probes | |||
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Interferometeric refractormeters | Bench refractometers or polarimeters | |||
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Ion chromatographs | Ion chromatographs | |||
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Laser photometers | Photometers | |||
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Limnological core loggers | Soil core sampling apparatus | |||
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Limnological coring drills | Core drills | |||
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Liquid chromatography detectors | Chromatographic detectors | |||
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Liquid ring pumps | Vacuum pumps | |||
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Liquid scintillation counters | Liquid scintillation counters | |||
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Luminometers | Photometers | |||
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Mass spectrometers | Mass spectrometers | |||
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Mercury/hybrid atomizers | Atomizers | |||
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Microbics toxicity analyzers | Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers | |||
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Microwave digestion instruments | Laboratory microwave ovens | |||
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Mud rotary drills | Rotary drills | |||
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Multi gas detector tubes | Gas detector tubes | |||
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Multiparameter water quality instruments | Water analyzers | |||
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Nitrogen oxide burners | Air velocity and temperature monitors | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Nutrient analyzers | Water analyzers | |||
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Organic carbon analyzers | Organic carbon analyzers | |||
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Ovens | Laboratory mechanical convection ovens | |||
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Ozonators | Ozone analyzers | |||
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Particle counters | Electronic counters | |||
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Particulate filters | Filtering machinery | |||
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Photometers | Photometers | |||
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Pitot tubes | Flowmeters | |||
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Plasma-mass spectrometers | Mass spectrometers | |||
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Respirometers | Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers | |||
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Sample concentrators | Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators | |||
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Sampling pumps | Air sampling pumps | |||
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Sampling trains | Air samplers or collectors | |||
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Scanning potentiostats | Potentiometers | |||
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Seismographs | Seismic recorders or seismographs | |||
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Shakers | Orbital shakers | |||
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Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers | Nitrogen or nitrate or nitrite analyzer | |||
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Soil electrical conductivity measurement devices | Conductivity meters | |||
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Soil modulus failure testing devices | Dissolution or disintegration testers | |||
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Soil-erodability testing devices | Dissolution or disintegration testers | |||
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Solid shear failure testing devices | Shear strength testers | |||
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Sorbent tubes | Gas detector tubes | |||
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Spectrophotometers | Spectrophotometers | |||
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Stem augers | Augers | |||
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Stormwater samplers | Water samplers | |||
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Supercritical fluid extractors | Extracting equipment for laboratories | |||
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Surface area analyzers | Chemical absorption gas analyzers | |||
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Thermal conductivity detectors | Thermal conductivity analyzers | |||
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Thermal/catalytic oxidizers TCO | Sample oxidizer | |||
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Thermocouples | Thermocouples | |||
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Total organic carbon TOC analyzers | Organic carbon analyzers | |||
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Trace metal analyzers | Mass spectrometers | |||
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Ultraviolet UV light detectors | Chromatographic detectors | |||
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Ultraviolet water purification systems | Ultra violet water purification units | |||
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Universal fractionators | Density gradient fractionators | |||
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Water level recorders | Open stream water level recorders | |||
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Wave gauges | Open stream water level recorders | |||
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Whole air canisters | Sample holders | |||
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pH meters | pH meters | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Air Pollution Control Engineer | |||
Environmental Analyst | |||
Environmental Consultant | |||
Environmental Designer | |||
Environmental Engineer | |||
Environmental Planner | |||
Environmental Remediation Engineer | |||
Environmental Remediation Specialist | |||
Environmental Safety Specialist | |||
Environmental Systems Coordinator | |||
Environmentalist | |||
Flood Control Engineer | |||
Hazardous Substances Engineer | |||
Hazardous Waste Management Control Engineer | |||
Hazardous Waste Management Specialist | |||
Industrial Hygiene Engineer | |||
Irrigation Engineer | |||
Marine Engineer CPVEC (Marine Engineer Commercial Passenger Vessel Environmental Compliance) | |||
Pollution Control Engineer | |||
Public Health Engineer | |||
Radiation Protection Engineer | |||
Regulatory Environmental Compliance Manager | |||
Reservoir Engineer | |||
Sanitary Engineer | |||
Sanitation Engineer | |||
Sewage Disposal Engineer | |||
Soil Engineer | |||
Solid Waste Engineer | |||
Solid Waste Management Engineer | |||
Waste Management Engineer | |||
Wastewater Treatment Engineer | |||
Water Supply Engineer | |||
Water Treatment Plant Engineer | |||
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