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