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Environmental Protection Professionals

Environmental protection professionals study and assess the effects on the environment of human activity such as air, water and noise pollution, soil contamination, climate change, toxic waste and depletion and degradation of natural resources. They develop plans and solutions to protect, conserve, restore, minimize and prevent further damage to the environment.

2 Professionals / 21 Science and Engineering Professionals / 213 Life Science Professionals / All level 4

// Working conditions

Air and dustChemicalsHeat and cold

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

conducting research, performing tests, collecting samples, performing field and laboratory analysis to identify sources of environmental problems and recommending ways to prevent, control and remediate the impact of environmental problems

assessing the likely impact that potential or proposed activities, projects and developments may have on the environment, and recommending whether such developments should proceed

developing and coordinating the implementation of environmental management systems to enable organizations to identify, monitor and control the impact of their activities, products and services on the environment

conducting audits to evaluate environmental impact of existing activities, processes, wastes, noises and substances

assessing an organization's compliance with government and internal environmental regulations and guidelines, identifying violations and determining appropriate remedial action

providing technical advice and support services to organizations on how best to deal with environmental problems in order to reduce environmental damage and minimize financial loss

developing conservation plans.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Air pollution analyst
- Conservation officer
- Conservation scientist
- Ecologist
- Environmental adviser
- Environmental auditor
- Environmental consultant
- Environmental research scientist
- Environmental scientist
- Park ranger
- Water quality analyst

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Environmental Engineer - 2143

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