From environmental expert to environmental engineer
10 of the 52 essential skills of a environmental engineer are already essential for a environmental expert — about 19% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 42
- would be new
- 19%
- of the target job covered
- 52
- essential skills of a environmental engineer
What a environmental engineer does
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.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
42 skillsEssential for a environmental engineer and not for a environmental expert. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- abide by regulations on banned materials
- address public health issues
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse big data
- analyse energy consumption
- analyse information processes
- approve engineering design
- augmented reality
- biology
- chemistry
- circular economy
- civil engineering
- cloud technologies
- coastal management
- conduct quantitative research
- cyber security
- data storage
- energy efficiency
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- environmental engineering
- implement traceability systems
- Internet of Things
- legal studies
- machine learning
- mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products
- mitigate waste of resources
- monitor nature conservation
- perform data analysis
- perform scientific research
- principles of artificial intelligence
- process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006
- product life-cycle
- promote environmental awareness
- public health
- radiation protection
- regulations on substances
- risk management
- sensors
and 2 more
Other moves from environmental expert
2 roles- environmental scientist15 skills in common
- environmental programme coordinator13 skills in common
← environmental expertenvironmental engineer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a environmental engineer?
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