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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians

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Apply theory and principles of environmental engineering to modify, test, and operate equipment and devices used in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental problems, including waste treatment and site remediation, under the direction of engineering staff or scientists. May assist in the development of environmental remediation devices.

Related: Civil Engineering Technologists & Technicians Environmental Compliance Inspectors Environmental Engineers Environmental Science & Protection Technicians, Including Health Environmental Scientists & Specialists, Including Health

Industries: Professional, Science, & Technical Government

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Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.
Inspect facilities to monitor compliance with regulations governing substances, such as asbestos, lead, or wastewater.
Arrange for the disposal of lead, asbestos, or other hazardous materials.
Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.
Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.
Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.
Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.
Assess the ability of environments to naturally remove or reduce conventional or emerging contaminants from air, water, or soil.
Create models to demonstrate or predict the process by which pollutants move through or impact an environment.
Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.
Evaluate and select technologies to clean up polluted sites, restore polluted air, water, or soil, or rehabilitate degraded ecosystems.
Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.
Produce environmental assessment reports, tabulating data and preparing charts, graphs, or sketches.
Collect and analyze pollution samples, such as air or ground water.
Collect and analyze pollution samples, such as air or ground water.
Decontaminate or test field equipment used to clean or test pollutants from soil, air, or water.
Model biological, chemical, or physical treatment processes to remove or degrade pollutants.
Receive, set up, test, or decontaminate equipment.
Review work plans to schedule activities.
Work with customers to assess the environmental impact of proposed construction or to develop pollution prevention programs.
Oversee support staff.
Obtain product information, identify vendors or suppliers, or order materials or equipment to maintain inventory.
Record laboratory or field data, including numerical data, test results, photographs, or summaries of visual observations.
Decontaminate or test field equipment used to clean or test pollutants from soil, air, or water.
Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.
Review technical documents to ensure completeness and conformance to requirements.
Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.
Perform statistical analysis and correction of air or water pollution data submitted by industry or other agencies.
Provide technical engineering support in the planning of projects, such as wastewater treatment plants, to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and policies.
Develop work plans, including writing specifications or establishing material, manpower, or facilities needs.
Work with customers to assess the environmental impact of proposed construction or to develop pollution prevention programs.
Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.

Science
- Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
Persuasion
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
Equipment Selection
- Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
Speaking
- Talking to others.
Operations Analysis
- Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
Equipment Maintenance
- Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
Time Management
- Managing your time and the time of other people.
Critical Thinking
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
Management of Personnel Resources
- Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
Reading Comprehension
- Reading work-related information.
Active Learning
- Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
Programming
- Writing computer programs.
Mathematics
- Using math to solve problems.
Troubleshooting
- Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
Management of Financial Resources
- Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
Service Orientation
- Looking for ways to help people.
Operations Monitoring
- Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
Systems Analysis
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Writing
- Writing things for co-workers or customers.
Monitoring
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
Operation and Control
- Using equipment or systems.
Coordination
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
Management of Material Resources
- Managing equipment and materials.
Quality Control Analysis
- Testing how well a product or service works.
Active Listening
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
Repairing
- Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
Complex Problem Solving
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Systems Evaluation
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Negotiation
- Bringing people together to solve differences.
Installation
- Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
Instructing
- Teaching people how to do something.
Judgment and Decision Making
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
Technology Design
- Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
Learning Strategies
- Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
Social Perceptiveness
- Understanding people's reactions.

Visual Color Discrimination
- Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
Hearing Sensitivity
- Telling the difference between sounds.
Depth Perception
- Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
Oral Comprehension
- Listening and understanding what people say.
Written Comprehension
- Reading and understanding what is written.
Oral Expression
- Communicating by speaking.
Deductive Reasoning
- Using rules to solve problems.
Multilimb Coordination
- Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
Category Flexibility
- Grouping things in different ways.
Speed of Closure
- Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
Selective Attention
- Paying attention to something without being distracted.
Trunk Strength
- Using your lower back and stomach.
Static Strength
- Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
Reaction Time
- Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
Gross Body Equilibrium
- Keeping your balance or staying upright.
Far Vision
- Seeing details that are far away.
Wrist-Finger Speed
- Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
Near Vision
- Seeing details up close.
Auditory Attention
- Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
Speech Recognition
- Recognizing spoken words.
Information Ordering
- Ordering or arranging things.
Peripheral Vision
- Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
Mathematical Reasoning
- Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
Number Facility
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
Memorization
- Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
Perceptual Speed
- Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
Written Expression
- Communicating by writing.
Originality
- Creating new and original ideas.
Dynamic Strength
- Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
Fluency of Ideas
- Coming up with lots of ideas.
Control Precision
- Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
Sound Localization
- Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
Time Sharing
- Doing two or more things at the same time.
Rate Control
- Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
Stamina
- Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
Gross Body Coordination
- Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
Manual Dexterity
- Holding or moving items with your hands.
Speech Clarity
- Speaking clearly.
Problem Sensitivity
- Noticing when problems happen.
Inductive Reasoning
- Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
Visualization
- Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
Spatial Orientation
- Knowing where things are around you.
Speed of Limb Movement
- Quickly moving your arms and legs.
Extent Flexibility
- Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Glare Sensitivity
- Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
Night Vision
- Seeing at night or under low light.
Flexibility of Closure
- Seeing hidden patterns.
Response Orientation
- Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
Explosive Strength
- Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
Finger Dexterity
- Putting together small parts with your fingers.
Dynamic Flexibility
- Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Keeping your arm or hand steady.

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.
Design
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Economics and Accounting
- Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Personnel and Human Resources
- Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
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.
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.
Telecommunications
- Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
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.
Psychology
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Sociology and Anthropology
- Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
Therapy and Counseling
- Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
English Language
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Law and Government
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Foreign Language
- Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
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.
History and Archeology
- Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
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.
Production and Processing
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Communications and Media
- Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Transportation
- Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
Mechanical
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Fine Arts
- Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Biology
- Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Computers and Electronics
- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Administrative
- Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Food Production
- Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
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.
Geography
- Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
Medicine and Dentistry
- Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Education and Training
- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Philosophy and Theology
- Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
Mathematics
- Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
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.

Education

Associate's degree

Work Experience

No work experience

Training

No on-the-job training

Education and Training Opportunities

Washington Annual Salary

97020/yr

Washington Hourly Wage

46.64/hr

Currently Employed

530

Yearly Projected Openings

Realistic: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They do well at jobs that need:

Cooperation
Attention to Detail
Integrity
Dependability
Initiative
Stress Tolerance

Air pumps
Air samplers or collectors
Air velocity and temperature monitors
Analytical balances
Anemometers
Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
Bench refractometers or polarimeters
Benchtop centrifuges
Bi distillation units
Binocular light compound microscopes
Calorimeters
Chemical absorption gas analyzers
Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers
Chemistry analyzers
Chromatographic detectors
Conductivity meters
Darkfield microscopes
Density gradient fractionators
Desktop computers
Dewatering equipment
Digital cameras
Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers
Dissolved oxygen meters
Dropping pipettes
Electronic counters
Electrophoresis system accessories
Extracting equipment for laboratories
Filtering machinery
Flame ionization analyzers
Flow injection analysis equipment
Flowmeters
Fluorescent microscopes
Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
Freeze dryers or lyopholizers
French pressure cells
Fume hoods or cupboards
Gas chromatographs
Gel documentation systems
Global positioning system GPS receiver
HEPA filtered enclosures
Hazardous material protective apparel
Heated walk in environmental or growth chambers
Heating mantles or tapes
Heating or drying equipment or accessories
High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
Hydrocarbons analyzers or detectors
Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers
Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis
Inverted microscopes
Ion chromatographs
Ion selective electrode
Ion selective electrode ISE meters
Isolation glove boxes
Laboratory adapters or connectors or fittings
Laboratory bailers
Laboratory balances
Laboratory beakers
Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers
Laboratory box furnaces
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Laboratory flasks
Laboratory funnels
Laboratory graduated cylinders
Laboratory heat exchange condensers
Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
Laboratory mixers
Laboratory safety furnaces
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Laminar flow cabinets or stations
Land drilling rigs
Laser printers
Lasers
Leak testing equipment
Light scattering equipment
Liquid scintillation counters
Magnetic stirrers
Mainframe computers
Mass spectrometers
Microcentrifuges
Microplate readers
Microscope slides
Multipurpose or general test tubes
Nephelometers
Nitrogen or nitrate or nitrite analyzer
Notebook computers
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
Open stream water level recorders
Optical diffraction apparatus
Orbital shakers
Orbital shaking water baths
Organic carbon analyzers
Ozone analyzers
Ozone generator
Particle size measuring apparatus
Penetrometers
Peristaltic pumps
Permeability testing apparatus
Personal computers
Photo attachments for microscopes
Photometer
Portable data input terminals
Potentiometers
Rapid amplification or complementary deoxyribonucleic acid ends RACE technology products
Reactors or fermenters or digesters
Reciprocating pumps
Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
Respirators
Reverse osmosis equipment
Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
Sample oxidizer
Scanners
Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes
Scanning probe microscopes
Shaking incubators
Soil core sampling apparatus
Soil testing kits
Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters
Spectrometers
Spectrophotometers
Standard fermentation units
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Sterilization cabinets
Stirring hotplates
Surface tension measuring instruments
Thermal conductivity analyzers
Thermocouples
Titration equipment
Transmission electron microscopes
Turbidimeters
Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers
Ultra pure water systems
Ultrafiltration equipment
Ultrasonic cleaning equipment
Vacuum or rotary evaporators
Video attachments for microscopes
Vortex mixers
Water analyzers
Water baths
Water meters
Water samplers
pH meters