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Job Description
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 scientist. May assist in the development of environmental remediation devices.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3025.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 52,500.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 25.00
- Currently, there are 16,550 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Environmental Engineering Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Environmental Engineering Technicians
- Senior Environmental Technician
- Industrial Waste Inspector
- Haz Tech (Hazardous Technician)
- Environmental Technician
- Environmental Specialist
- Environmental Field Technician
- Environmental Engineering Technician
- Environmental Engineering Assistant
- Engineer Technician
- Air Quality Instrument Specialist
- Water Pollution Control Technician
- Soil Technician
- Soil Field Technician
- Pollution Control Technician
- Pollution Control Engineering Technician
- Environmental Remediation Engineering Technician
- Environmental Field Team Member
- Environmental Field Professional
- Environmental Engineering Aide
- Engineering Technician
- Engineering Inspection Assistant
- Engineering Assistant
- Compliance Aide
- Air Technician
- Air Pollution Specialist
- Air Moving Technician
- Air Analysis Technician
- Air Analysis Engineering Technician
Tasks for “Air Analyst”
- Perform statistical analysis and correction of air or water pollution data submitted by industry or other agencies.
- Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.
- Review work plans to schedule activities.
- Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.
- Decontaminate or test field equipment used to clean or test pollutants from soil, air, or water.
- Create models to demonstrate or predict the process by which pollutants move through or impact an environment.
- Assess the ability of environments to naturally remove or reduce conventional or emerging contaminants from air, water, or soil.
- Evaluate and select technologies to clean up polluted sites, restore polluted air, water, or soil, or rehabilitate degraded ecosystems.
- Collect and analyze pollution samples, such as air or ground water.
- Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.
- Develop work plans, including writing specifications or establishing material, manpower, or facilities needs.
- Inspect facilities to monitor compliance with regulations governing substances such as asbestos, lead, or wastewater.
- Arrange for the disposal of lead, asbestos, or other hazardous materials.
- Oversee support staff.
- Obtain product information, identify vendors or suppliers, or order materials or equipment to maintain inventory.
- Model biological, chemical, or physical treatment processes to remove or degrade pollutants.
- Work with customers to assess the environmental impact of proposed construction or to develop pollution prevention programs.
- Provide technical engineering support in the planning of projects, such as wastewater treatment plants, to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and policies.
- Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.
- Record laboratory or field data, including numerical data, test results, photographs, or summaries of visual observations.
- Review technical documents to ensure completeness and conformance to requirements.
- Produce environmental assessment reports, tabulating data and preparing charts, graphs, or sketches.
- Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.
- Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.
- Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.
- Receive, set up, test, or decontaminate equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Ozone bubble contactors
- Fraction collectors
- Turbidimeters
- Specific ion probes
- Benchtop nephelometers
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Meters
- Titrators
- Conductivity meters
- Carbon analyzers
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
- Heating mantles
- Magnetic stirrers
- Personal computers
- Hot plate stirrers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Peristaltic pumps
- Analytical balances
- Glassware condensers
- Fermenters
- Mainframe computers
- Fluorimeters
- Bailers
- Mercury analysis equipment
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Supercritical fluid extractors
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Electrophoresis tanks
- Drop volume tensiometers
- Scintillation counters
- Flatbed scanners
- Groundwater sampling equipment
- Surface area analyzers
- Water samplers
- Tracer gas detectors
- Plasma spectrometers
- Laser printers
- Gel documentation systems
- Atomic force microscopes
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Microcentrifuges
- Flow injection analyzers
- Microtox toxicity systems
- French presses
- Autotitration systems
- Chemical fume hoods
- Inverted microscopes
- Spectrophotometers
- Laboratory scales
- Anaerobic laboratory scale reactors
- Electrophoresis equipment
- Filtering funnels
- Balances
- Potentiostats
- Particle size analyzers
- Filter press simulators
- Particle counters
- Soil expansion testers
- Water baths
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Respirometers
- Soil permeability testers
- Airborne particulate samplers
- Ultraviolet UV spectrometers
- Autoclaves
- Glassware adapters
- Epifluorescence microscopes
- High-speed centrifuges
- Respirators
- Air monitoring equipment
- Liquid handling robots
- Air velocity meters
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Toxicity analyzers
- Water level recorders
- Furnaces
- Blenders
- Soil samplers
- Anaerobic laboratory glove bags
- Funnels
- Beakers
- Aeration pumps
- Simultaneous static and dynamic light scattering systems
- Liquid scintillation equipment
- Visible spectrometers
- Laboratory ovens
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC with ultraviolet/visible UV/Vis absorbance detectors
- Aerobic laboratory scale reactors
- Water distillation units
- Streaming current detectors
- Ozone generators
- Water sampling pumps
- Differential mobility analyzers
- Freezers
- Micropipettes
- Test tubes
- Mixer mills
- Dataloggers
- Universal fractionators
- pH meters
- Microscope slides
- 13C nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
- Groundwater pumps
- Calorimeters
- Laboratory shakers
- Dynamic contact angle apparatus
- Interferometeric refractormeters
- Total organic carbon TOC analyzers
- Low pressure liquid chromatographs with fraction collectors
- Digital cameras
- Ultrafiltration cells
- Soil vapor sampling equipment
- Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
- Mechanical convection ovens
- Muffle furnaces
- Total organic halide analyzers
- Graduated cylinders
- Ultra pure water systems
- Sterilizer chambers
- Total internal reflection fluorescence TIRF microscopes
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Freeze dryers
- Reciprocating pumps
- Laboratory centrifugal pumps
- Incubator shakers
- Thermal conductivity detectors
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Single particle spectroscopes
- Pan balances
- Video microscopes
- Liquid mass spectroscopes
- Gas mass spectroscopes
- Scanning microscopes
- Rotavapors
- Ion selective electrode ISE meters
- Titrimeters
- Notebook computers
- Incubators
- Zeta meters
- California bearing ratio CBR testing devices
- Dessicator chambers
- Soil particle size testers
- Two-vortex mixers
- Hazardous material protective clothing
- Multistage agar impactors
- Digester apparatus
- Biosafety cabinets
- Benchtop refrigerated centrifuges
- Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
- High-pressure/temperature reactors
- Photometers
- Ion chromatographs
- Heated environmental chambers
- Biological oxidizers
- Tractor mounted drill rigs
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Camera-equipped microscopes
- Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers
- Low pressure reverse osmosis water treatment systems
- Desktop computers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Thermocouples
- Particulate filters
- Proton nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
- Water quality monitors
- Flow meters
- Anemometers
- Laminar flow hoods
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
- Argon lasers
- Ozone concentration percentage meters
- Optical compound microscopes
- Fecal coliform constant temperature shaker baths
- Email software
- Insightful S-PLUS
- Air dispersion modeling software
- Thermal indoor climate simulation software
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
- Water flow modeling software
- SAS
- Wind flow modeling software
- LINDO
- Soil mapping software
- Rockwell Automation Arena
- Neural network modeling software
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Internet browser software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Simulation software
- Simultaneous location and mapping SLAM
- C++
- Microsoft Access
- Greenhouse gas management software
- Environmental health and safety documentation software
- Material safety data sheet MSDS software
- Fugitive emission leak detection software
- ANSYS
- Ecological risk assessment software
- XP Software XPSWMM
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Python
- Microsoft Office
- PerkinElmer Turbochrom
- GAEA Technologies WinSieve
- Word processing software
- Regulatory compliance management software
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Stochastic modeling software
- Site remediation management software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Photogrammetric software
- Microscopic image capturing software
- RockWare MODFLOW
- Waste management software
- Scientific Software Group MIGRATE
- Presentation software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Continuous emission management software
- Gas dispersion model software
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Hazardous materials management HMS software
- Visual MODFLOW Pro
- Statistical software
- Stormwater runoff modeling software
- Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
- Maplesoft Maple
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- WAM software
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
- Microsoft Word
- HEC RAS
- Gel documentation software
- Database software
- Adobe Systems Adobe PageMaker
- SofTech CADRA