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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jim Cassio; Alice Rush |
| ISBN: | 9780865716438 0865716439 |
| OCLC Number: | 319487396 |
| Description: | xvi, 351 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What is a green career and where are the green jobs? -- pt. I. Green career profiles -- Engineering group -- Chemical engineers, including green chemical engineers -- Civil engineering technicians -- Civil engineers, including green building, irrigation/reservoir and waste management engineers -- Conservation, biological and agricultural engineers -- Electrical engineering technicians, including photovoltaic, wind and biomass energy technicians -- Electrical engineers, including recycling, solar/photovoltaic, wind and biomass engineers -- Environmental engineering and pollution control technicians -- Environmental engineering professors -- Environmental engineers, including ecological and air quality engineers -- Mechanical engineers, including green mechanical engineers -- Environmental health and safety group -- Environmental health and safety engineers -- Environmental health and safety technicians -- Hazardous materials (HazMat) and asbestos abatement workers -- Industrial hygienists and environmental health and safety analysts/managers -- Government regulations and planning group -- Construction and building inspectors, including green building inspectors -- Environmental and regulatory compliance inspectors and specialists -- Urban and regional planners, including city/country, environmental/land use and transportation planners -- Urban and regional planning aides, assistants and technicians -- Green building and landscaping group -- Architects, including green and natural building architects -- Green building/construction trades workers and supervisors -- Landscape architects, including habitat restoration specialists -- Landscaping and groundskeeping workers (Eco-friendly) -- Green business and enterprising group -- Accountants, including environmental accountants -- Financial analysts, including sustainability and sustainable investment analysts -- Green entrepreneurs and consultants -- Marketing managers, including environmental marketing specialists -- Refuse and recyclable material collectors, including recycling technicians -- Sales representatives, including renewable energy and natural/organic products sales reps -- Sustainability coordinators and officers -- Travel guides, including ecotourism guides and operators -- Green education, communication and law group -- Customer service representatives, including energy efficiency specialists -- Health educators, including environmental health educators -- Health specialties instructors, including environmental health education instructors -- Lawyers, including environmental and regulatory attorneys -- Public relations specialists, including environmental/sustainability specialists -- Reporters and correspondents, including green journalists -- Natural and land resource management group -- Fish and game wardens, including wildlife officers -- Park naturalists, including park rangers and interpreters -- Range managers, including natural resource managers -- Natural sciences group -- Atmospheric and space scientists, including air analysts, environmental meteorologists and climatologists -- Biochemists and biophysicists, including toxicologists and ecotoxicologists -- Biological technicians, including environmental and wildlife technicians -- Chemical technicians, including environmental and green chemical technicians -- Chemists, including environmental and green chemists and forensic toxicologists -- Earth sciences professors, postsecondary -- Environmental science technicians, including lab techs and air pollution auditors -- Environmental scientists, including environmental researchers, analysts and investigators -- Epidemiologists, including environmental epidemiologists -- Forest and conservation technicians, including soil conservation and biomass technicians -- Forest and conservation workers, including conservation and reforestation aides/workers -- Foresters, including environmental protection foresters and forest pathologists -- Geoscientists, including environmental geologists, hydrogeologists and marine geologists -- Hydrologists, including environmental hydrologists and water resources managers -- Microbiologists, including environmental and public health microbiologists -- Physicists, including health and atmospheric physicists -- Soil and plant scientists, including agronomists -- Soil and water conservationists, including ecologists and erosion specialists -- Tree trimmers and pruners, including arborists -- Water treatment plant operators -- Zoologists and wildlife biologists, including marine biologists -- Physical geography group -- Geographers, including physical and geographic information systems (GIS) geographers -- Physical geography professors, including geographic information systems (GIS) instructors -- Sustainable agriculture group -- Agricultural science professors, including organic and sustainable agriculture specialists -- Agricultural technicians, including organic and sustainable Ag technicians -- Aquacultural managers, including sustainable aquaculture farm and fish hatchery managers -- Farmers and ranchers, including organic and sustainable farmers and ranchers -- Farm workers, including organic and sustainable farm and ranch workers -- Nursery and greenhouse managers, including organic and native plant specialists -- Green jobs with electric utility companies -- pt. II. Additional information and resources -- Career planning -- Online occupational information resources -- Hidden job market -- Glossary of green terminology -- Alphabetical listing of real people Q&A -- Alphabetical listing of career profiles (occupations) -- About the authors. |
| Responsibility: | Jim Cassio & Alice Rush. |
Abstract:
People of all ages and backgrounds are seeking work in career fields that will help save the planet, yet many people are unaware of the variety of green careers available. This career guidance book,
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