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US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
occupation category
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Conducts surveys, counting various species of concern, as well as monitoring species, habitat interaction and behavior changes as a result of proposed actions
- Evaluates the results of particular interventions, such as providing information to a group of restaurant managers to resolve food service problems, and determine what improvements have been made after a specified time
- Maintains files, such as hazardous waste databases, chemical usage data, personnel exposure information, or diagrams showing equipment locations
- Directs activities of workers in laboratory
- Advises industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards
- Seeks opportunities for public speaking to broaden the audience on environmental health issues, including making speeches to school groups on food safety or to swimming pool and apartment building owners and managers, conducting food handler training and giving presentations to the Chamber of Commerce
- Explains complicated issues and procedures simply and accurately, identifying the target audience and delivering the message appropriately
- Inspects sanitary conditions at public facilities
- Handles interactions with the public and media, using tactful, objective, non-confrontational, culturally sensitive language
- Collects data and compilates for project proposals, environmental monitoring during construction, and environmental monitoring for environmental compliance during operations
- Determines amounts and kinds of chemicals to use in destroying harmful organisms or removing impurities from purification systems
- Monitors, logs, and reports in accordance with the project-specific environmental monitoring plan, including carrying out pre- and post-construction studies as well as unique research into species or habitat interaction with the proposed action
- Explains the rationale for environmental health regulatory requirements and the value produced by a healthy environment (e.g., less disease, lower health care costs)
- Receives complaints and provides internal feedback
- Provides solutions to environmental health problems that obtain support from clients and increase their understanding of environmental health issues and concerns
- Calibrates microscopes or test instruments
- Sets up equipment or stations to monitor and collect pollutants from sites, such as smoke stacks, manufacturing plants, or mechanical equipment
- Develops or implements systems and processes related to environmental systems or programs
- Conducts standardized tests to ensure materials or supplies used throughout power supply systems meet processing and safety specifications
- Responds to on-call alarms (24-hour) to identify and rectify the source of environmental protection and monitoring system alarms
- Articulates problem and takes appropriate measures to resolve the problem and/or present a range of solutions
- Investigates hazardous conditions or spills or outbreaks of disease or food poisoning, collecting samples for analysis
- Inspects operations of environmental protection and monitoring systems to evaluate system performance and identify potential malfunctions, and troubleshoots problems
- Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems
- Evaluates the agency's procedures against a given set of standards, including applicable local, state, and federal regulation
- Participates in Safety Work Groups
- Prepares charts and reports that summarize test results
- Calculates amount of pollutant in samples or computes air pollution or gas flow in industrial processes, using chemical and mathematical formulas
- Prepare relevant evidence for court cases
- Weighs, analyzes, or measures collected sample particles, such as lead, coal dust, or rock, to determine concentration of pollutants
- Initiates procedures to close down or fine establishments violating environmental or health regulations
- Identifies, locates and uses appropriate reference material (statutes, regulations, reference books, journals)
- Discusses test results and analyses with customers
- Assists with set up of sampling equipment, calibrating instruments and performing inspections of environmental facilities
- Recognizes the dynamic state of knowledge and information in the field, stays abreast of, and appropriately uses new information
- Prepares samples or photomicrographs for testing and analysis
- Emphasizes prevention, for example, in explaining to homeowners and grounds managers how to minimize use of pesticides and fertilizers
- Makes recommendations to control or eliminate unsafe conditions at workplaces or public facilities
- Uses Web-based applications to search and retrieve information
- Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability
- Consults and collaborates with experts in the applicable field, including toxicologists, epidemiologists, forensic specialists, and/or environmental engineers to address environmental problems
- Reads and summarizes technical papers, understands tabular and graphical presentations of data, and translates them for a non-technical audience, for example, translates data from papers published in academic journals into public information materials
- Monitors emission control devices to ensure they are operating properly and comply with state and federal regulations
- Collaborates in decision-making process
- Inspects workplaces to ensure absence of health and safety hazards
- Examines and analyzes material for presence and concentration of contaminants, such as asbestos, using variety of microscopes
- Collects samples of gases, soils, water, industrial wastewater, or asbestos products to conduct tests on pollutant levels or identify sources of pollution
- Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, and sampling
- Monitors and maintains environmental protection and monitoring systems
- Identifies “teaching moments” as part of regulatory function, and opportunities to share “lessons learned”
- Handles all forms of communication promptly, politely, and professionally, including letter and email correspondence, telephone calls, site visits, group discussions, meetings, and presentations
- Inspects facilities and evaluates programs for effectiveness and compliance with environmental standards
- Generate progress report for grant
- Performs statistical analysis of environmental data
- Evaluates the overall environmental health program in which the practitioner is working, in terms of inputs (such as number of inspections, number of hotline calls processed) or outcomes (real-world results, progress)
- Records test data and prepares reports, summaries, or charts that interpret test results
- Analyzes potential environmental impacts of production process changes, and recommends steps to mitigate negative impacts
- Evaluates site environmental conditions; coordinates sampling, captures and reports, and ensures that site operations are conducted in a manner that is compliant with contractual, statutory and regulatory environmental requirements
- Provides information or technical or program assistance to government representatives, employers, or the general public on the issues of public health, environmental protection, or workplace safety
- Maintains knowledge of and demonstrates ability to perform work safely in accordance with all approved safety policies, procedures and applicable regulations and performs assigned duties in a safe manner
- Monitors, records, compiles and computes environmental and engineering data in various systems
- Uses available software to perform research, record keeping, communication (e.g., e[1]mail, word processing programs), data analysis, and interpretation (including simple spreadsheet programs), and reporting tasks
- Determines the nature of a problem in broader context by asking appropriate questions and reviewing documentation
- Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them
- Distributes permits, closure plans, or cleanup plans
