Hydrologists
Tasks Include:
- Study and document quantities, distribution, disposition, and development of underground and surface waters.
- Coordinate and supervise the work of professional and technical staff, including research assistants, technologists, and technicians.
- Prepare hydrogeologic evaluations of known or suspected hazardous waste sites and land treatment and feedlot facilities.
- Design and conduct scientific hydrogeological investigations to ensure that accurate and appropriate information is available for use in water resource management decisions.
- Study public water supply issues, including flood and drought risks, water quality, wastewater, and impacts on wetland habitats.
- Collect and analyze water samples as part of field investigations or to validate data from automatic monitors.
- Apply research findings to help minimize the environmental impacts of pollution, waterborne diseases, erosion, and sedimentation.
- Measure and graph phenomena such as lake levels, stream flows, and changes in water volumes.
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National: -1.5%
Education
Master's Degree
Job Zone:
Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$85,990.00
State
$116,770.00
Regional
Hydrologists
Description
Career Cluster: | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics |
Research the distribution, circulation, and physical properties of underground and surface waters; and study the form and intensity of precipitation and its rate of infiltration into the soil, movement through the earth, and return to the ocean and atmosphere.
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Hydrologists
Education
Required Level of Education
- Master's Degree = 52.17%
- Bachelor's Degree = 39.13%
- 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. = 4.35%
- Post-Doctoral Training = 4.35%
Related Work Experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 31.82%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 22.73%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.18%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 13.64%
- None = 9.09%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.55%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 36.36%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.73%
- None = 13.64%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 13.64%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 9.09%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.55%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 31.82%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 27.27%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 13.64%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 13.64%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 9.09%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4.55%
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Hydrologists
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Study and document quantities, distribution, disposition, and development of underground and surface waters.
- Coordinate and supervise the work of professional and technical staff, including research assistants, technologists, and technicians.
- Prepare hydrogeologic evaluations of known or suspected hazardous waste sites and land treatment and feedlot facilities.
- Design and conduct scientific hydrogeological investigations to ensure that accurate and appropriate information is available for use in water resource management decisions.
- Study public water supply issues, including flood and drought risks, water quality, wastewater, and impacts on wetland habitats.
- Collect and analyze water samples as part of field investigations or to validate data from automatic monitors.
- Apply research findings to help minimize the environmental impacts of pollution, waterborne diseases, erosion, and sedimentation.
- Measure and graph phenomena such as lake levels, stream flows, and changes in water volumes.
- Investigate complaints or conflicts related to the alteration of public waters, gathering information, recommending alternatives, informing participants of progress, and preparing draft orders.
- Answer questions and provide technical assistance and information to contractors or the public regarding issues such as well drilling, code requirements, hydrology, and geology.
- Develop or modify methods for conducting hydrologic studies.
- Install, maintain, and calibrate instruments such as those that monitor water levels, rainfall, and sediments.
- Evaluate data and provide recommendations regarding the feasibility of municipal projects, such as hydroelectric power plants, irrigation systems, flood warning systems, and waste treatment facilities.
- Conduct short- and long-term climate assessments and study storm occurrences.
- Study and analyze the physical aspects of the earth in terms of hydrological components, including atmosphere, hydrosphere, and interior structure.
- Conduct research and communicate information to promote the conservation and preservation of water resources.
- Review applications for site plans and permits and recommend approval, denial, modification, or further investigative action.
- Evaluate research data in terms of its impact on issues such as soil and water conservation, flood control planning, and water supply forecasting.
- Monitor the work of well contractors, exploratory borers, and engineers and enforce rules regarding their activities.
- Administer programs designed to ensure the proper sealing of abandoned wells.
- Investigate properties, origins, and activities of glaciers, ice, snow, and permafrost.
- Develop computer models for hydrologic predictions.
- Prepare written and oral reports describing research results, using illustrations, maps, appendices, and other information.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Design civil works associated with hydrographic activities and supervise their construction, installation, and maintenance.
- Compile and evaluate hydrologic information to prepare navigational charts and maps and to predict atmospheric conditions.
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Hydrologists
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Laboratory bailers (Bailers)
- Water samplers (Biological oxygen demand water samplers)
- Calipers
- Open stream water level recorders (Cellular telemetry system water level monitors)
- Clinometers
- Conductivity meters
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Core samplers)
- Surface data logging sensors (Data logging pressure/temperature sensors)
- Desktop computers
- Heating or drying equipment or accessories (Dessicators)
- Commercial fishing nets (Dip nets)
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Sonars (Doppler current and depth meters)
- Water samplers (Double-packer systems)
- Pressure sensors (Drive-point piezometers)
- Dissolution or disintegration testers (Erosion monitors)
- Extensometers
- Laboratory flasks (Filter flasks)
- Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (Flow-through field fluorometers)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Logging instruments for water wells (Groundwater data logging instruments)
- Peristaltic pumps (Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps)
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Handheld data collection units)
- Portable seismic apparatus (Hydraulic fracturing systems)
- Open stream current meters (Hydrological current meters)
- Thickness measuring devices (Ice meters)
- Water samplers (In-situ pore water samplers)
- Pitch measuring instruments (Inclinometers)
- Water samplers (Instream sediment collectors)
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Laser printers
- Levels
- Lightmeters (Light density meters)
- Mainframe computers
- Templates (Map templates)
- Micrometers
- Water analyzers (Multi-port sampling systems to monitor groundwater)
- Water analyzers (Multiparameter water quality instruments)
- Notebook computers
- Oil content monitors analyzers (Oil water interface meters)
- Laboratory mechanical convection ovens (Ovens)
- Personal computers
- pH meters
- Dropping pipettes (Pipettes)
- Pressure sensors (Pore pressure piezometers)
- Sampling pumps (Portable pumping and sampling systems)
- Radarbased surveillance systems (Radar equipment)
- Radiation detectors (Radiological monitoring equipment)
- Respirators
- Salinity meter (Salinity meters)
- Water samplers (Sediment samplers)
- Laboratory sifting equipment (Sieve shakers)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Soil samplers)
- Filters or other spare parts for samplers (Sounding reels)
- Hydrometers (Specific gravity hydrometers)
- Pull spring balances (Spring scales)
- Well logging downhole test equipment (Standpipe multi-packer systems for long-term monitoring of deep boreholes)
- Open stream current meters (Stream flow gauges)
- Water analyzers (Submersible pressure and level sensors)
- Water analyzers (Submersible water quality sensors)
- Water samplers (Subsurface grab water samplers)
- Water samplers (Suction samplers)
- Flowmeters (Surface water velocity measurement probes)
- Water samplers (Swing water samplers)
- Theodolites (Total stations)
- Turbidimeters
- Two way radios
- Remote reading thermometers (Underwater temperature recorders)
- Underwater cameras (Underwater video cameras)
- Open stream water level recorders (Water level recorders)
- Surface data logging units (Well/surface water dataloggers)
- Logging instruments for water wells (Wireless data collection systems)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Argus ONE Open Numerical Environments
- Biodegration flow and transport modeling BIO F&T software
- Clover Technology GALENA
- Earthvision modeling software
- Electric Rain Swift 3D software
- Environmental Software and Services SUTRA
- Fitts Geosolutions TWODAN
- Formlink HydroGEN
- gINT software
- Golden Software Strater
- Groundwater modeling system GMS software
- Groundwater Software QuickCross/Fence
- Groundwater Software QuickLog
- Groundwater Vistas software
- HEC RAS
- HEC-1
- HEC-2
- Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
- HydroSOLVE AQTESOLV software
- Laboratory information management system LIMS software
- Logger data manager LDM software
- Logplot software
- MLPU software
- Parameter Estimation PEST
- PRINCE software
- Revised universal soil loss equation RUSLE software
- RockWare ChemFlux
- RockWare Geochemist's Workbench GWB
- RockWare MODFLOW
- RockWare RockWorks
- Scientific Software Group AQUA3D
- Scientific Software Group AquaDyn
- Scientific Software Group AQUASEA
- Scientific Software Group Aquifer win32
- Scientific Software Group AQUIPACK
- Scientific Software Group AT123D
- Scientific Software Group BIO1D
- Scientific Software Group BIOF&T
- Scientific Software Group BIOSLURP
- Scientific Software Group BioTrends
- Scientific Software Group CHASM
- Scientific Software Group EnviroScape
- Scientific Software Group FEFLOW
- Scientific Software Group Filter Drain FD
- Scientific Software Group GFLOW
- Scientific Software Group HydroGeo Analyst
- Scientific Software Group HYDROGEOCHEM
- Scientific Software Group Infinite Extent
- Scientific Software Group MARS 2-D/3-D
- Scientific Software Group MIDUSS
- Scientific Software Group MIGRATE
- Scientific Software Group MINTEQA2
- Scientific Software Group MOCDENSE
- Scientific Software Group MODFLOWT
- Scientific Software Group MODPUMP
- Scientific Software Group MODRET
- Scientific Software Group MOFAT
- Scientific Software Group MohrView
- Scientific Software Group MOVER
- Scientific Software Group MS-VMS
- Scientific Software Group MT3D99
- Scientific Software Group OILVOL
- Scientific Software Group POLLUTE
- Scientific Software Group QHM
- Scientific Software Group QuickSoil
- Scientific Software Group RISC WorkBench
- Scientific Software Group SEQUENCE
- Scientific Software Group SESOIL
- Scientific Software Group SLAEM/MLAEM
- Scientific Software Group Soil Vapor Extraction BioSVE
- Scientific Software Group SOILPARA
- Scientific Software Group SOLUTRANS
- Scientific Software Group StepMaster
- Scientific Software Group SVFlux
- Scientific Software Group SVHeat
- Scientific Software Group TUFLOW
- Scientific Software Group VAM2D
- Scientific Software Group WinFlow
- Scientific Software Group WinTran
- Scientific Software GroupWinFence
- SoilVision Systems SVGrainsize
- Starpint Software Super Slug
- Surface water modeling system SMS software
- Vieux & Associates Vflow
- Visual MODFLOW Pro
- Waterloo Hydrogeologic AquaChem
- Waterloo Hydrogeologic AquiferTest Pro
- Waterloo Hydrogeologic RBC Tier 2 Analyzer
- Watershed modeling system WMS software
- Categorization or classification software
- GAEA Technologies WinSieve
- Compliance software
- National pollutant discharge elimination system NPDES compliance software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Advanced Logic Technology WellCAD
- Autodesk AutoCAD MAP3D
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Bentley MicroStation
- BOSS International Visual Groundwater
- Carlson SurvCADD
- Integrated Environmental Services 3D Master
- Scientific Software Group 3DFATMIC
- Scientific Software Group 3DFEMFAT
- Scientific Software Group EVS
- SEDCAD software
- Data base user interface and query software
- EarthSoft EQuIS Geology
- EnviroData Solutions software
- eSense software
- GIS/Key software
- Groundwater Software Visual Site Manager
- River Lake Altimetry Product
- Satellite database software
- Scientific Software Group ChemGraph
- Scientific Software Group ChemPoint/ChemStat
- Scientific Software Group Enviro-Base Pro
- Scientific Software Group RiverMorph
- Scientific Software GroupWHI UnSAT Suite
- SoilVision Systems SoilVision software
- Trimble TerraSync
- Waters eLab Notebook
- Development environment software
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Amtec Engineering Tecplot
- Graphics software
- RockWare SieveGraph
- StatPoint StatGraphics Plus
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Map creation software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- ESRI ArcView
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Golden Software Surfer
- Scientific Software Group DTM
- Scientific Software Group RMT
- Scientific Software Group SURF
- Softree Technical Systems Terrain Tools
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- Object or component oriented development software
- C++
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Environmental Insite software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- GAEA Technologies Packet ESA
- GAEA Technologies WinLog
- Microsoft Word
- Word processing software
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Hydrologists
Special Requirements
http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/SSWPG/
Required Fees:
For More Information, Contact:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation – Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists
Phone: (80.4) .8514
TTY: (80.4) .8506
Fax: (86.6) .6206
http://
[email protected]
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Hydrologists
Additional Resources
Information on training and career opportunities for geologists is available from:
American Geological Institute
4220 King St.
Alexandria, VA 22302-1502
http://www.agiweb.org
Geological Society of America
P.O. Box 9140
Boulder, CO 80301-9140
Telephone: (717) 447-2020
http://www.geosociety.org.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
P.O. Box 979
Tulsa, OK 74101
http://www.aapg.org
Information on training and career opportunities for geophysicists is available from:
American Geophysical Union
2000 Florida Ave. NW.
Washington, DC 20009
Telephone: (202) 777-7512
http://www.agu.org
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
8801 South Yale
Tulsa, OK 74137
Telephone: (918) 497-5500
http://www.seg.org
Marine Technology Society
1828 L St. NW.
Suite 906
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.mtsociety.org
Information on acquiring a job as a geologist, geophysicist, hydrologist, or oceanographer with the Federal Government may be obtained through a telephone-based system from the Office of Personnel Management. Consult your telephone directory under U.S. Government for a local number or call (912) 757-3000; Federal Relay Service (800) 877-8339 This number is not tollfree and charges may result. Information also is available from the Internet site:
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs1900/1980b.htm
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Hydrologists
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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83.75 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
78.25 | 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. |
75.00 | 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. |
72.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
71.75 | 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. |
62.00 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
59.75 | 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. |
55.50 | Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Hydrologists
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
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 | Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
68.75 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
68.75 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
68.75 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
65.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
65.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
62.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
62.50 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
59.50 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | 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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Hydrologists
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing 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 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
72.00 | 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 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
68.75 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | 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). |
65.50 | 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. |
65.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
62.50 | 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). |
62.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
56.25 | 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. |
56.25 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
56.25 | 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. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | 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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Hydrologists
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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95.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
91.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
91.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
86.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
81.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
79.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
79.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
79.50 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
78.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
75.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
75.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
73.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
71.50 | 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. |
70.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
67.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
67.00 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
64.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
62.50 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
60.25 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
59.00 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
59.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
58.00 | 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. |
56.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
55.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
52.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
52.25 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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89.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
88.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
83.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
81.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
77.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
76.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
74.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
72.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
66.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
65.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
64.25 | 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. |
62.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
60.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
58.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
56.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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72.17 | 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. |
69.50 | 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 | 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 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
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Hydrologists
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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99.20 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
91.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
87.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
84.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
83.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
82.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
81.00 | 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? |
80.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
78.20 | 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? |
77.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
71.00 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
67.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
64.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
64.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
61.80 | 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? |
61.80 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
60.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
60.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
60.00 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
58.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
54.00 | 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? |
53.00 | 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? |
51.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
51.40 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
49.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
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Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
- Job Training
- Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include pharmacists, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, physician assistants, and veterinarians.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $54,590.00 | $85,990.00 | $110,880.00 |
Virginia | $58,360.00 | $116,770.00 | $138,860.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
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 | $96,980.54 | $140,636.37 | $161,815.27 |
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 | 6,800 | 6,700 | -1.5% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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)
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- Atmospheric and Space Scientists
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Restoration Planners
- Hydrologic Technicians
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- Geneticists
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- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Physical Scientists
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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
- Assistant Groundwater Engineer
- Environmental Consultant
- Geologist
- Geophysical Laboratory Chief
- Geophysicist
- Groundwater Consultant
- Groundwater Programs Director
- Hydraulic Engineer
- Hydrogeologist
- Hydrologic Engineer
- Hydrologist
- Isotope Hydrologist
- Professor
- Research Hydrologist
- Seismologist
- Source Water Protection Specialist
- Surface Hydrologist
- Volcanologist
- Water Resources Program Director
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Related Schools
- George Mason University
- James Madison University
- Old Dominion University
- Radford University
- University of Lynchburg
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Washington and Lee University
- William & Mary
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