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Job Description

Inspect and investigate sources of pollution to protect the public and environment and ensure conformance with Federal, State, and local regulations and ordinances.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1041.01

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Environmental Compliance Inspectors”.

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Tasks for “Industrial Waste Inspector”

Inform individuals and groups of pollution control regulations and inspection findings, and explain how problems can be corrected.
Verify that hazardous chemicals are handled, stored, and disposed of in accordance with regulations.
Inform health professionals, property owners, and the public about harmful properties and related problems of water pollution and contaminated wastewater.
Maintain and repair materials, worksites, and equipment.
Analyze and implement state, federal or local requirements as necessary to maintain approved pretreatment, pollution prevention, and storm water runoff programs.
Review and evaluate applications for registration of products containing dangerous materials, or for pollution control discharge permits.
Monitor follow-up actions in cases where violations were found, and review compliance monitoring reports.
Inspect waste pretreatment, treatment, and disposal facilities and systems for conformance to federal, state, or local regulations.
Respond to questions and inquiries, such as those concerning service charges and capacity fees, or refer them to supervisors.
Research and perform calculations related to landscape allowances, discharge volumes, production-based and alternative limits, and wastewater strength classifications, then make recommendations and complete documentation.
Perform laboratory tests on samples collected, such as analyzing the content of contaminated wastewater.
Prepare, organize, and maintain inspection records.
Examine permits, licenses, applications, and records to ensure compliance with licensing requirements.
Determine the nature of code violations and actions to be taken, and issue written notices of violation; participate in enforcement hearings as necessary.
Investigate complaints and suspected violations regarding illegal dumping, pollution, pesticides, product quality, or labeling laws.
Prepare data to calculate sewer service charges and capacity fees.
Conduct research on hazardous waste management projects in order to determine the magnitude of problems, and treatment or disposal alternatives and costs.
Evaluate label information for accuracy and conformance to regulatory requirements.
Prepare written, oral, tabular, and graphic reports summarizing requirements and regulations, including enforcement and chain of custody documentation.
Learn and observe proper safety precautions, rules, regulations, and practices so that unsafe conditions can be recognized and proper safety protocols implemented.
Determine sampling locations and methods, and collect water or wastewater samples for analysis, preserving samples with appropriate containers and preservation methods.
Determine which sites and violation reports to investigate, and coordinate compliance and enforcement activities with other government agencies.
Interview individuals to determine the nature of suspected violations and to obtain evidence of violations.
Observe and record field conditions, gathering, interpreting, and reporting data such as flow meter readings and chemical levels.
Research and keep informed of pertinent information and developments in areas such as EPA laws and regulations.
Participate in the development of spill prevention programs and hazardous waste rules and regulations, and recommend corrective actions for hazardous waste problems.

Related Technology & Tools

Measuring cylinders
Photoionization detectors PID
Dataloggers
Bladder pumps
Shelby tube samplers
Waste pile samplers
Conductance meters
Sample bottles
Surface acoustic wave sensors SAWS
Water sampling gear pumps
Progressive cavity sampling pumps
Laser-induced breakdown spectrometers LIBS
Bucket augers
Sampling triers
Hand corers
Ponar dredge samplers
Mercury vapor analyzers
Dissolved oxygen probes
Spectrophotometers
Atmosphere monitors
Liquid grab samplers
Laboratory analytical balances
Scaffolding
Flowmeters
Mass spectrometers
Sample collection chambers
Wastewater samplers
Specific conductance probes
Fuel fluorescence detectors FFD
Wheaton dip samplers
Split spoon samplers
Optical beamsplitting devices
Total petroleum hydrocarbon TPH analyzers
Thief samplers
Double check valve bailers
Magnetic locators
Continuous water quality monitors
Hydraulic vibracorers
Composite liquid waste samplers COLIWASA
Laptop computers
Centrifugal water sampling pumps
Ultraviolet fluorescence UVF test kits
Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrophotometers
pH indicators
Russian peat borers
Weighted bottle samplers
Extractive Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Desktop computers
Wireline samplers
X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
Colorimetric field sampling devices
Benthic grab samplers
Chlorine samplers
Gravity corers
Chlorophyll-a probes
Liquid chromatographs LC
Membrane interface probes MIP
Interferometers
Bottom fill bailers
Reciprocating piston sampling pumps
Power augers
Mobile cone penetrometer MCP systems
Portable gas chromatographs GC
Portable two way radios
Infrared IR spectrometers
Turbidity probes
Laboratory dropping pipettes
Continuous flame ionization detectors FID
Ground penetrating radar GPR
Syringe pumps
Piezoelectric sensors
Portable mass spectrometers MS
Split core samplers
Ekman grab samplers
Kemmerer depth samplers
Ion selective electrode ISE testers
Rotary hammer systems
Helium-neon lasers
Graphite furnace atomic absorption GFAA spectrometers
Pond samplers
Bacon bomb samplers
Box corers
Suction-lift pumps
Laser-induced fluorescence LIF instruments
Hand sampling pumps
Differential photometers
Aluminum ladders
Headspace vials
Water quality data sondes
Van Veen grab samplers
Passive diffusion bag PDB samplers
Volatile organic compound VOC measurement devices
Sediment sieves
Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
Sand corers
Enzyme immunoassay kits
Van Dorn samplers

Mass Flux Toolkit
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
DQO-PRO
Database software
Scribe
Fully Integrated Environmental Location Decision Support FIELDS
Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft Word
HRS Quickscore
Geographic information system GIS software
Monitoring and Remediation Optimization System MAROS
Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance SADA
Microsoft Office
Environmental Knowledge and Assessment Tool EKAT
Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools SMARTe
Rapid Assessment Tools R.A.T.
Field Operations and Records Management System (FORMS) II Lite