Compare Environmental Compliance Inspectors & Biologists District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Environmental Compliance Inspectors $95,800
Biologists $108,200

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Law and Government
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Engineering and Technology
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Programming Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Very Low
Programming Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Biologists
Biologists
Medium

Programming
Writing computer programs.

Biology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Medium
Biology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Biologists
Biologists
High

Biology
Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

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Science Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Medium
Science Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Biologists
Biologists
High

Science
Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Low
Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Biologists
Biologists
Medium

Geography
Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

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Mathematics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Medium
Mathematics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Biologists
Biologists
High

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

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Mathematics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Low
Mathematics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Biologists
Biologists
Medium

Mathematics
Using math to solve problems.

Administrative Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Low
Administrative Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Biologists
Biologists
Medium

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Biologists
Biologists

Licensing

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Licensing for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Biologists
Biologists

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors

11 related certifications

Certification for Biologists
Biologists

3 related certifications

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