Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Tasks Include:
- Receive, set up, test, or decontaminate equipment.
- Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.
- Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.
- Review technical documents to ensure completeness and conformance to requirements.
- Review work plans to schedule activities.
- Produce environmental assessment reports, tabulating data and preparing charts, graphs, or sketches.
- Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.
- Decontaminate or test field equipment used to clean or test pollutants from soil, air, or water.
- Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.
- Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.
- Record laboratory or field data, including numerical data, test results, photographs, or summaries of visual observations.
- Collect and analyze pollution samples, such as air or ground water.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +8.1%
National: +3.9%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$50,980.00
State
$46,440.00
Regional
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Description
Career Cluster: | Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources |
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.
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 67.31%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 10.79%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 8.19%
- Some College Courses = 6.64%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 4.74%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.46%
- Master's Degree = 0.88%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 24.19%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 21.74%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 19.94%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 11.03%
- None = 10.95%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 10.95%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 0.60%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.60%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 22.50%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 16.21%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 15.65%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.52%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 15.25%
- None = 11.49%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 1.93%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.46%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 31.40%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 23.04%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 16.37%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 13.43%
- None or short demonstration = 11.49%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.27%
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Receive, set up, test, or decontaminate equipment.
- Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.
- Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.
- Review technical documents to ensure completeness and conformance to requirements.
- Review work plans to schedule activities.
- Produce environmental assessment reports, tabulating data and preparing charts, graphs, or sketches.
- Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.
- Decontaminate or test field equipment used to clean or test pollutants from soil, air, or water.
- Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.
- Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.
- Record laboratory or field data, including numerical data, test results, photographs, or summaries of visual observations.
- Collect and analyze pollution samples, such as air or ground water.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Obtain product information, identify vendors or suppliers, or order materials or equipment to maintain inventory.
- Arrange for the disposal of lead, asbestos, or other hazardous materials.
- Inspect facilities to monitor compliance with regulations governing substances, such as asbestos, lead, or wastewater.
- Provide technical engineering support in the planning of projects, such as wastewater treatment plants, to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and policies.
- Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.
- Oversee support staff.
- Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.
- Work with customers to assess the environmental impact of proposed construction or to develop pollution prevention programs.
- Perform statistical analysis and correction of air or water pollution data submitted by industry or other agencies.
- Develop work plans, including writing specifications or establishing material, manpower, or facilities needs.
- 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.
- Evaluate and select technologies to clean up polluted sites, restore polluted air, water, or soil, or rehabilitate degraded ecosystems.
- Model biological, chemical, or physical treatment processes to remove or degrade pollutants.
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers (13C nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers)
- Air pumps (Aeration pumps)
- Reactors or fermenters or digesters (Aerobic laboratory scale reactors)
- Air samplers or collectors (Air monitoring equipment)
- Air velocity and temperature monitors (Air velocity meters)
- Air samplers or collectors (Airborne particulate samplers)
- Isolation glove boxes (Anaerobic laboratory glove bags)
- Reactors or fermenters or digesters (Anaerobic laboratory scale reactors)
- Analytical balances
- Anemometers
- Lasers (Argon lasers)
- Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
- Scanning probe microscopes (Atomic force microscopes)
- Steam autoclaves or sterilizers (Autoclaves)
- Titration equipment (Autotitration systems)
- Laboratory bailers (Bailers)
- Laboratory balances (Balances)
- Laboratory beakers (Beakers)
- Nephelometers (Benchtop nephelometers)
- Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges (Benchtop refrigerated centrifuges)
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Sample oxidizer (Biological oxidizers)
- HEPA filtered enclosures (Biosafety cabinets)
- Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers (Blenders)
- Penetrometers (California bearing ratio CBR testing devices)
- Calorimeters
- Photo attachments for microscopes (Camera-equipped microscopes)
- Organic carbon analyzers (Carbon analyzers)
- Fume hoods or cupboards (Chemical fume hoods)
- Conductivity meters
- Portable data input terminals (Dataloggers)
- Desktop computers
- Heating or drying equipment or accessories (Dessicator chambers)
- Air samplers or collectors (Dichotomous particulate matter samplers)
- Particle size measuring apparatus (Differential mobility analyzers)
- Reactors or fermenters or digesters (Digester apparatus)
- Digital cameras
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Surface tension measuring instruments (Drop volume tensiometers)
- Surface tension measuring instruments (Dynamic contact angle apparatus)
- Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis (Electrophoresis equipment)
- Electrophoresis system accessories (Electrophoresis tanks)
- Microplate readers (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers)
- Fluorescent microscopes (Epifluorescence microscopes)
- Laboratory flasks (Erlenmeyer flasks)
- Orbital shaking water baths (Fecal coliform constant temperature shaker baths)
- Standard fermentation units (Fermenters)
- Dewatering equipment (Filter press simulators)
- Laboratory funnels (Filtering funnels)
- Flame ionization analyzers (Flame ionization detectors FID)
- Scanners (Flatbed scanners)
- Flow injection analysis equipment (Flow injection analyzers)
- Flowmeters (Flow meters)
- Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (Fluorimeters)
- Electrophoresis system accessories (Fraction collectors)
- Freeze dryers or lyopholizers (Freeze dryers)
- Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers (Freezers)
- French pressure cells (French presses)
- Laboratory funnels (Funnels)
- Laboratory safety furnaces (Furnaces)
- Gas chromatographs (Gas chromatographs GC)
- Mass spectrometers (Gas mass spectroscopes)
- Gel documentation systems
- Laboratory adapters or connectors or fittings (Glassware adapters)
- Laboratory heat exchange condensers (Glassware condensers)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Laboratory graduated cylinders (Graduated cylinders)
- Water samplers (Groundwater pumps)
- Water samplers (Groundwater sampling equipment)
- Hazardous material protective apparel (Hazardous material protective clothing)
- Heated walk in environmental or growth chambers (Heated environmental chambers)
- Heating mantles or tapes (Heating mantles)
- High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography (High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC with ultraviolet/visible UV/Vis absorbance detectors)
- Reactors or fermenters or digesters (High-pressure/temperature reactors)
- Benchtop centrifuges (High-speed centrifuges)
- Stirring hotplates (Hot plate stirrers)
- Shaking incubators (Incubator shakers)
- Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators (Incubators)
- Bench refractometers or polarimeters (Interferometeric refractormeters)
- Inverted microscopes
- Ion chromatographs
- Ion selective electrode ISE meters
- Laboratory centrifugal pumps
- Laboratory mechanical convection ovens (Laboratory ovens)
- Laboratory balances (Laboratory scales)
- Orbital shakers (Laboratory shakers)
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Laminar flow cabinets or stations (Laminar flow hoods)
- Laser printers
- Robotic or automated liquid handling systems (Liquid handling robots)
- Mass spectrometers (Liquid mass spectroscopes)
- Liquid scintillation counters (Liquid scintillation equipment)
- Chromatographic detectors (Low pressure liquid chromatographs with fraction collectors)
- Reverse osmosis equipment (Low pressure reverse osmosis water treatment systems)
- Magnetic stirrers
- Mainframe computers
- Laboratory mechanical convection ovens (Mechanical convection ovens)
- Chemistry analyzers (Mercury analysis equipment)
- Water meters (Meters)
- Microcentrifuges
- Dropping pipettes (Micropipettes)
- Microscope slides
- Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers (Microtox toxicity systems)
- Laboratory mixers (Mixer mills)
- Laboratory box furnaces (Muffle furnaces)
- Air samplers or collectors (Multistage agar impactors)
- Notebook computers
- Binocular light compound microscopes (Optical compound microscopes)
- Ozone generator (Ozone bubble contactors)
- Ozone analyzers (Ozone concentration percentage meters)
- Ozone generator (Ozone generators)
- Laboratory balances (Pan balances)
- Electronic counters (Particle counters)
- Optical diffraction apparatus (Particle size analyzers)
- Filtering machinery (Particulate filters)
- Peristaltic pumps
- Personal computers
- pH meters
- Darkfield microscopes (Phase contrast microscopes)
- Photometers
- Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers (Plasma spectrometers)
- PCR enclosures (Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment)
- Potentiometers (Potentiostats)
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers (Proton nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers)
- Reciprocating pumps
- Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges (Refrigerated centrifuges)
- Respirators
- Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers (Respirometers)
- Vacuum or rotary evaporators (Rotavapors)
- Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes (Scanning microscopes)
- Scanning probe microscopes (Scanning probe microscopes SPM)
- Liquid scintillation counters (Scintillation counters)
- Light scattering equipment (Simultaneous static and dynamic light scattering systems)
- Spectrometers (Single particle spectroscopes)
- Nitrogen or nitrate or nitrite analyzer (Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers)
- Soil testing kits (Soil expansion testers)
- Particle size measuring apparatus (Soil particle size testers)
- Permeability testing apparatus (Soil permeability testers)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Soil samplers)
- Soil testing kits (Soil vapor sampling equipment)
- Ion selective electrode (Specific ion probes)
- Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (Spectrofluorimeters)
- Spectrophotometers
- Sterilization cabinets (Sterilizer chambers)
- Water analyzers (Streaming current detectors)
- Extracting equipment for laboratories (Supercritical fluid extractors)
- Chemical absorption gas analyzers (Surface area analyzers)
- Multipurpose or general test tubes (Test tubes)
- Thermal conductivity analyzers (Thermal conductivity detectors)
- Thermocouples
- Titration equipment (Titrators)
- Water analyzers (Titrimeters)
- Fluorescent microscopes (Total internal reflection fluorescence TIRF microscopes)
- Organic carbon analyzers (Total organic carbon TOC analyzers)
- Hydrocarbons analyzers or detectors (Total organic halide analyzers)
- Water analyzers (Toxicity analyzers)
- Leak testing equipment (Tracer gas detectors)
- Land drilling rigs (Tractor mounted drill rigs)
- Transmission electron microscopes (Transmission electron microscopes TEM)
- Turbidimeters
- Vortex mixers (Two-vortex mixers)
- Ultra pure water systems
- Ultrafiltration equipment (Ultrafiltration cells)
- Ultrasonic cleaning equipment (Ultrasonic cleaners)
- Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (Ultraviolet UV spectrometers)
- Density gradient fractionators (Universal fractionators)
- Video attachments for microscopes (Video microscopes)
- Spectrometers (Visible spectrometers)
- Water baths
- Bi distillation units (Water distillation units)
- Open stream water level recorders (Water level recorders)
- Water analyzers (Water quality monitors)
- Water samplers
- Water samplers (Water sampling pumps)
- Electrophoresis system accessories (Zeta meters)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Ecological risk assessment software
- Air dispersion modeling software
- ANSYS software
- Maplesoft Maple
- Scientific Software Group MIGRATE
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- LINDO Systems software
- DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
- XP Software XPSWMM
- SAS software
- Laboratory information management system LIMS software
- HEC RAS
- Rockwell Automation Arena
- RockWare MODFLOW
- Gas dispersion model software
- Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
- PerkinElmer Turbochrom
- Neural network modeling software
- Insightful S-PLUS
- Microscopic image capturing software
- Simulation software
- Thermal indoor climate simulation software
- Visual MODFLOW Pro
- Statistical software
- Stochastic modeling software
- Stormwater runoff modeling software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- WAM software
- Water flow modeling software
- Wind flow modeling software
- Categorization or classification software
- GAEA Technologies WinSieve
- Compliance software
- Environmental health and safety documentation software
- Regulatory compliance management software
- Site remediation management software
- Greenhouse gas management software
- Hazardous materials management software
- Waste management software
- Continuous emission management software
- Material safety data sheet MSDS software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Kubotek CADKEY software
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- SofTech CADRA
- Data base user interface and query software
- eNotebook software
- Microsoft Access
- Database software
- Desktop publishing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe PageMaker
- Development environment software
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Document management software
- Gel documentation software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Photogrammetric software
- Slam software
- Industrial control software
- Fugitive emission leak detection software
- Internet browser software
- Internet browser software
- Map creation software
- Soil mapping software
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Object or component oriented development software
- Python
- C++
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Presentation software
- Spreadsheet software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
- Word processing software
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Additional Resources
Free information is available on the JETS Internet site:
http://www.jets.org
Information on ABET-accredited engineering technology programs is available from:
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
111 Market Place
Suite 1050
Baltimore, MD 21202
http://www.abet.org
Information on certification of engineering technicians is available from:
National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET)
1420 King St.
Alexandria, VA 22314-2794
http://www.nicet.org
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
67.75 | 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. |
64.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
63.50 | 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. |
60.50 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
58.75 | 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. |
55.75 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
55.25 | 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. |
53.50 | 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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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
72.00 | 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. |
72.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
68.75 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
59.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
59.50 | Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
59.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
56.25 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
50.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
50.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
50.00 | Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
50.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
75.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
72.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
72.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
72.00 | 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 that there is a problem. |
72.00 | 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). |
68.75 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | 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). |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
50.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
75.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
72.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
71.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
68.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
68.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
64.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
63.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
61.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
60.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
60.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
60.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
57.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
57.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
53.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
53.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
50.75 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
50.00 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
82.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
81.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
80.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
80.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
77.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
76.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
72.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
70.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
66.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
66.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
65.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
62.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
56.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
55.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
49.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.33 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
61.17 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
55.50 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
55.50 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
50.00 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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95.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
94.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
89.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
88.40 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
79.60 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
79.00 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
78.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
78.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
76.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
75.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
74.60 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
74.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
73.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
71.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
71.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
71.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
70.80 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
70.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
70.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
69.40 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
68.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
66.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
65.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
64.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
59.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
59.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
58.60 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
58.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
57.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
57.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
57.00 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
57.00 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
56.40 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
55.20 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
55.00 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
51.20 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
51.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
50.60 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
50.00 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $35,810.00 | $50,980.00 | $66,550.00 |
Virginia | $34,210.00 | $46,440.00 | $62,160.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $38,143.82 | $47,210.40 | $51,666.33 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $38,218.58 | $49,386.96 | $62,687.24 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $35,339.00 | $51,515.75 | $58,785.84 |
Hampton Roads | $34,815.63 | $40,625.68 | $58,930.18 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | $46,540.61 | $48,270.64 | $63,196.08 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 15,500 | 16,100 | +3.9% |
Virginia | 869 | 939 | +8.1% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
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- Environmental Engineering Aide
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- Environmental Engineering Technician
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- Industrial Waste Inspector
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- Plant Engineering Supervisor
- Pollution Control Engineering Technician
- Pollution Control Technician
- Regional Environmental Manager
- Soil Technician
- Water Pollution Control Technician
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