Career#3:ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERS

Avg.Salary:CAYearly$58,700$136,400
Edu.Required:4YrbachelordegreeinEnvironmentalEngineering
Description:Research,design,plan,orperformengineeringdutiesintheprevention,control,
andremediationofenvironmentalhazardsusingvariousengineeringdisciplines.Workmay
includewastetreatment,siteremediation,orpollutioncontroltechnology.
Knowledge,Skills,andAbilities:
Knowledge:
EngineeringandTechnologyKnowledgeofthepracticalapplicationofengineeringscience
andtechnology.Thisincludesapplyingprinciples,techniques,procedures,andequipmentto
thedesignandproductionofvariousgoodsandservices.
ChemistryKnowledgeofthechemicalcomposition,structure,andpropertiesofsubstances
andofthechemicalprocessesandtransformationsthattheyundergo.Thisincludesusesof
chemicalsandtheirinteractions,dangersigns,productiontechniques,anddisposalmethods.
MathematicsKnowledgeofarithmetic,algebra,geometry,calculus,statistics,andtheir
applications.
EnglishLanguageKnowledgeofthestructureandcontentoftheEnglishlanguageincluding
themeaningandspellingofwords,rulesofcomposition,andgrammar.
LawandGovernmentKnowledgeoflaws,legalcodes,courtprocedures,precedents,
governmentregulations,executiveorders,agencyrules,andthedemocraticpoliticalprocess.
Skills:
ReadingComprehensionUnderstandingwrittensentencesandparagraphsinworkrelated
documents.
CriticalThinkingUsinglogicandreasoningtoidentifythestrengthsandweaknessesof
alternativesolutions,conclusionsorapproachestoproblems.
ActiveLearningUnderstandingtheimplicationsofnewinformationforbothcurrentand
futureproblemsolvinganddecisionmaking.
ActiveListeningGivingfullattentiontowhatotherpeoplearesaying,takingtimeto
understandthepointsbeingmade,askingquestionsasappropriate,andnotinterruptingat
inappropriatetimes.
ComplexProblemSolvingIdentifyingcomplexproblemsandreviewingrelatedinformationto
developandevaluateoptionsandimplementsolutions.
Abilities:
WrittenComprehensionTheabilitytoreadandunderstandinformationandideaspresented
inwriting.
OralComprehensionTheabilitytolistentoandunderstandinformationandideaspresented
throughspokenwordsandsentences.
ProblemSensitivityTheabilitytotellwhensomethingiswrongorislikelytogowrong.It
doesnotinvolvesolvingtheproblem,onlyrecognizingthereisaproblem.
DeductiveReasoningTheabilitytoapplygeneralrulestospecificproblemstoproduce
answersthatmakesense.
OralExpressionTheabilitytocommunicateinformationandideasinspeakingsootherswill
understand.

WrittenExpressionTheabilitytocommunicateinformationandideasinwritingsootherswill
understand.