Compare Petroleum Engineers & Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 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.)

Petroleum Engineers Not Available
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health $114,400

Similar skills & knowledge

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

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

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

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

Speaking
Talking to others.

Mathematics
Using math to solve problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Science
Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.


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.

Biology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Petroleum Engineers
Petroleum Engineers
Very Low
Biology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Medium

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

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Public Safety and Security Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Petroleum Engineers
Petroleum Engineers
Very Low
Public Safety and Security Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Medium

Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

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Typical Level Of Training

See how much education people typically have in your selected job, and then use the link to find training programs in your local area.

Typical level Of training for Petroleum Engineers
Petroleum Engineers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

Licensing

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Licensing for Petroleum Engineers
Petroleum Engineers

License may be required in District of Columbia

Licensing for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Petroleum Engineers
Petroleum Engineers

8 related certifications

Certification for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

5 related certifications

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