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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Apply theory and principles of environmental engineering to modify, test, and operate equipment and devices used in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental problems, including waste treatment and site remediation, under the direction of engineering staff or scientists. May assist in the development of environmental remediation devices.
What an environmental engineering technologists and technician does
Become an environmental engineering technologists and technician
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good environmental engineering technologists and technician
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $35 per hour with an average salary of $72,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $24 and $40 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $50,700 and $82,700 per year.
Environmental Engineering Technologists And Technician job outlook
- There are 261 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 57 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.