Where an environmental expert can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an environmental expert already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Environmental experts search for technological solutions to tackle environmental problems. They detect and analyse environmental issues and develop new technological production processes to counter these problematic issues. They research the effect of their technological innovations and present their findings in scientific reports.
Also known as geologist, environmental scientist, soil scientist, mineral technologist, geological technologist, green infrastructure analyst, ecosystem restoration project manager, environmental specialist, environmental sustainability expert, environmental compliance expert, environmental consultant, technological environmentalist.
Professionals 49 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: environmental policy officer, 49%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An environmental expert needs 30 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- measure pollution information skills
- environmental management standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
- perform environmental investigations information skills
- advise on carbon emissions reduction communication, collaboration and creativity
- advise on chemical use reduction communication, collaboration and creativity
- alternative fuels natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- provide training in sustainable tourism development and management communication, collaboration and creativity
- investigate pollution information skills
- green building standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
- resource-efficient technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an environmental expert does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- environmental policy officer 53% covered · difficulty 54.6
- environmental programme coordinator 43% covered · difficulty 64.5
- environmental technician 43% covered · difficulty 64.9
- environmental engineer 39% covered · difficulty 67.7
- aquaculture environmental analyst 36% covered · difficulty 70.3
- environmental protection manager 34% covered · difficulty 72.1
- sustainability manager 32% covered · difficulty 73.4
- hazardous waste inspector 31% covered · difficulty 74.2
- natural resources consultant 24% covered · difficulty 79.8
- ICT environmental manager 20% covered · difficulty 82.7
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Environmental expert is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an environmental expert’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.