Sustainability Specialists
Sustainability Consultant, Sustainability Coordinator, Sustainability Specialist, Sustainable Design Coordinator
What they do:
Address organizational sustainability issues, such as waste stream management, green building practices, and green procurement plans.
On the job, you would:
- Create or maintain plans or other documents related to sustainability projects.
- Develop sustainability project goals, objectives, initiatives, or strategies in collaboration with other sustainability professionals.
- Assess or propose sustainability initiatives, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and acceptance.
Engineering and Technology
- building and construction
- design
Arts and Humanities
Business
- management
- customer service
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
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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
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
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Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by writing
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Initiative
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
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You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- PE INTERNATIONAL GaBi software
- PE INTERNATIONAL SoFi software
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
Desktop publishing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Microsoft Publisher
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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.
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