Career path
Environmental Engineer
Research, design, plan, or perform engineering duties in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental hazards using various engineering disciplines. Work may include waste treatment, site remediation, or pollution control technology.
What this work leans on
PRISM reads 29 signals about how a person thinks, decides and works. These are the ones this path draws on most.
- Investigative InterestsCentral
Your interest in analyzing, researching, and understanding how things work.
- IndependenceCentral
How much you value autonomy, self-direction, and freedom from close supervision.
- Working ConditionsCentral
How much you value variety, security, and the material conditions of work (compensation, environment).
- AchievementCentral
How much you value visible accomplishment and using your abilities to their fullest.
- OpennessImportant
How drawn you are to new ideas, aesthetic experiences, and unconventional approaches.
- Numerical ReasoningModerate
How you handle quantitative information: ratios, percentages, simple inferences from data.
All 6 signals above are measured directly in the assessment. See the full method
The basics
- Field
- Technology & engineering
- Job titles you'll see
- Environmental Engineers
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