Water Resource Specialists
Also called:
Hydrogeologist, Senior Group Manager, Senior Hydrogeologist, Senior Water Resources Engineer
What they do:
Design or implement programs and strategies related to water resource issues such as supply, quality, and regulatory compliance issues.
On the job, you would:
- Perform hydrologic, hydraulic, or water quality modeling.
- Conduct, or oversee the conduct of, investigations on matters such as water storage, wastewater discharge, pollutants, permits, or other compliance and regulatory issues.
- Develop plans to protect watershed health or rehabilitate watersheds.
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- design
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- physics
Arts and Humanities
Business
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
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Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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They do well at jobs that need:
- Analytical Thinking
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Achievement/Effort
- Cooperation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- MWH Soft H2ONET MSX
- Wallingford Software InfoWater
Map creation software
- ESRI ArcView
- Google Earth Pro
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Scientific Software Group RIVERMorph
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$115,730
per year, on average
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