Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Also called:
Enforcement Officer, Environmental Scientist, Environmental Specialist, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Enforcement Officer (RCRA Enforcement Officer)
What they do:
Inspect and investigate sources of pollution to protect the public and environment and ensure conformance with Federal, State, and local regulations and ordinances.
On the job, you would:
- Determine the nature of code violations and actions to be taken, and issue written notices of violation; participate in enforcement hearings as necessary.
- Examine permits, licenses, applications, and records to ensure compliance with licensing requirements.
- Prepare, organize, and maintain inspection records.
Safety and Government
- law and government
- public safety and security
Arts and Humanities
Math and Science
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Visual Understanding
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
- see hidden patterns
Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
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People interested in this work like activities that include
data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Self Control
- Dependability
- Analytical Thinking
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- DQO-PRO
- Environmental Knowledge and Assessment Tool EKAT
Spreadsheet software
Document management software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat software
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$60,740
per year, on average
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