Occupation Atlasenvironmental policy officer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b5d2db88-9e2b-4efa-8f2f-0e62a494791e
environmental policy officer
Environmental policy officers research, analyse, develop and implement policies related to the environment. They give expert advice to entities such as commercial organisations, government agencies and land developers. Environmental policy officers work on reducing the impact of industrial, commercial and agricultural activities on the environment.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.80
- R Realistic4.45
- C Conventional4.17
- E Enterprising3.53
- S Social2.58
- A Artistic1.78
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Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Water Resource Specialists (11-9121.02): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on carbon emissions reduction
- advise on legislative acts
- analyse environmental data
- assess environmental impact
- ecosystem management
- energy conservation
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental legislation
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- environmental policy
- environmental threats
- government policy
- government policy implementation
- liaise with government officials
- manage government policy implementation
- manage land resources permits
- measure sustainability of tourism activities
- perform environmental investigations
- plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage
- plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas
- promote environmental awareness
- report on environmental issues
Optional (24)
- European Structural and Investment Funds regulations
- advise legislators
- advise on mining environmental issues
- advise on pollution prevention
- corporate sustainability
- develop environmental policy
- ecological principles
- emission standards
- environmental economics
- food waste monitoring systems
- green building standards
- investigate pollution
- measure pollution
- monitor manufacturing impact
- policy analysis
- pollution legislation
- pollution prevention
- prevent sea pollution
- provide training in sustainable tourism development and management
- report pollution incidents
- sustainable manufacturing
- urban sustainability
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
- wind energy
O*NET equivalents
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