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Technician, Environmental Science and Protection, Including Health
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Activities | Perform laboratory and field tests to monitor the environment and investigate sources of pollution, including those that affect health. Under direction of an environmental scientist or specialist, may collect samples of gases, soil, water, and other materials for testing and take corrective actions as assigned. |
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Outlook | Faster-than-average-job growth |
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Median Income | $40,200 per year in 2008 |
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Work Context & Conditions | Science technicians work under a wide variety of conditions. Most work indoors, usually in laboratories, and have regular hours. Some occasionally work irregular hours to monitor experiments that can't be completed during regular working hours. |
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Minimum Education Requirements | Associate's Degree
Technical Program
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Skills | Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Science |
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Abilities | Oral Expression, Speech Recognition, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Speech Clarity, Information Ordering, Inductive Reasoning |
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