Compare Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including... & Environmental Restoration Planners 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 Scientists and Specialists, Including... $114,400
Environmental Restoration Planners $114,400

Similar skills & knowledge

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

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.

Mathematics
Using math to solve problems.

Science
Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

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

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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

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

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

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

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

Speaking
Talking to others.

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

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

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

Physics
Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

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

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

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


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.

Building and Construction Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Very Low
Building and Construction Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Restoration Planners
Environmental Restoration Planners
Medium

Building and Construction
Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

History and Archeology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Very Low
History and Archeology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Restoration Planners
Environmental Restoration Planners
Medium

History and Archeology
Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

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Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Low
Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Restoration Planners
Environmental Restoration Planners
High

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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Design Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Low
Design Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Restoration Planners
Environmental Restoration Planners
High

Design
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Biology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Medium
Biology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Environmental Restoration Planners
Environmental Restoration Planners
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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Typical Level Of Training

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

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Environmental Restoration Planners
Environmental Restoration Planners

Licensing

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

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Environmental Restoration Planners
Environmental Restoration Planners

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

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

5 related certifications

Certification for Environmental Restoration Planners
Environmental Restoration Planners

2 related certifications

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