environmental engineer
http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ac1fc6a9-70d2-475c-8fa0-82ef83830968
Description
Environmental engineers integrate environmental and sustainable measures in the development of projects of various natures. They seek to preserve natural resources and natural sites. They work together with engineers from other fields to envision all the implications that projects might have in order to design ways to conserve natural reserves, prevent pollution, and deploy sanitary measures.
Hierarchy
2 · Professionals → 21 · Science and engineering professionals → 214 · Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology) → 2143 · Environmental engineersRelated skills
- abide by regulations on banned materials (essential · skill/competence)
- address public health issues (essential · skill/competence)
- adjust engineering designs (essential · skill/competence)
- advise on environmental remediation (essential · skill/competence)
- analyse big data (essential · skill/competence)
- analyse energy consumption (essential · skill/competence)
- analyse environmental data (essential · skill/competence)
- analyse information processes (essential · skill/competence)
- approve engineering design (essential · skill/competence)
- augmented reality (essential · knowledge)
- biology (essential · knowledge)
- carry out environmental audits (essential · skill/competence)
- chemistry (essential · knowledge)
- circular economy (essential · knowledge)
- civil engineering (essential · knowledge)
- cloud technologies (essential · knowledge)
- coastal management (essential · knowledge)
- conduct environmental surveys (essential · skill/competence)
- conduct quantitative research (essential · skill/competence)
- cyber security (essential · knowledge)
- data storage (essential · knowledge)
- develop environmental remediation strategies (essential · skill/competence)
- ecosystem management (essential · knowledge)
- energy efficiency (essential · knowledge)
- engineering principles (essential · knowledge)
- engineering processes (essential · knowledge)
- ensure compliance with safety legislation (essential · skill/competence)
- environmental engineering (essential · knowledge)
- environmental legislation (essential · knowledge)
- environmental policy (essential · knowledge)
- implement traceability systems (essential · skill/competence)
- Internet of Things (essential · knowledge)
- legal studies (essential · knowledge)
- machine learning (essential · knowledge)
- mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products (essential · knowledge)
- mitigate waste of resources (essential · skill/competence)
- monitor nature conservation (essential · skill/competence)
- perform data analysis (essential · skill/competence)
- perform scientific research (essential · skill/competence)
- pollution legislation (essential · knowledge)
- pollution prevention (essential · knowledge)
- principles of artificial intelligence (essential · knowledge)
- process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006 (essential · skill/competence)
- product life-cycle (essential · knowledge)
- promote environmental awareness (essential · skill/competence)
- public health (essential · knowledge)
- radiation protection (essential · knowledge)
- regulations on substances (essential · knowledge)
- risk management (essential · knowledge)
- sensors (essential · knowledge)
- technical drawings (essential · knowledge)
- use technical drawing software (essential · skill/competence)
- advise on mining environmental issues (optional · skill/competence)
- advise on pollution prevention (optional · skill/competence)
- advise on waste management procedures (optional · skill/competence)
- assess the life cycle of resources (optional · skill/competence)
- business intelligence (optional · knowledge)
- collect samples for analysis (optional · skill/competence)
- conduct field work (optional · skill/competence)
- conduct quality control analysis (optional · skill/competence)
- consumer protection (optional · knowledge)
- design strategies for nuclear emergencies (optional · skill/competence)
- develop hazardous waste management strategies (optional · skill/competence)
- develop non-hazardous waste management strategies (optional · skill/competence)
- ensure material compliance (optional · skill/competence)
- environmental design (optional · knowledge)
- ethics (optional · knowledge)
- hazardous waste storage (optional · knowledge)
- hazardous waste treatment (optional · knowledge)
- hazardous waste types (optional · knowledge)
- hydrology (optional · knowledge)
- inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations (optional · skill/competence)
- inspect industrial equipment (optional · skill/competence)
- investigate contamination (optional · skill/competence)
- listen actively (optional · skill/competence)
- manage air quality (optional · skill/competence)
- nuclear energy (optional · knowledge)
- perform laboratory tests (optional · skill/competence)
- perform project management (optional · skill/competence)
- project commissioning (optional · knowledge)
- project management (optional · knowledge)
- watershed development (optional · knowledge)
- wildlife projects (optional · knowledge)
Details
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