JOB OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE PLENTIFUL

IF “GOING GREEN” IS YOUR DREAM,

The opportunities in the engineering and environmental management fields of alternative and renewable energies are wide open — finally.  It has been slow going, but it appears that technicians and analysts along with engineers and management will finally find an acceptable career path when “going green.”  Environmental concerns are now world wide. Where apathy has reigned for years, there is a new awareness of the necessity for renewable energy to replace the old fuels that are destroying the planet.

Employment opportunities are increasing in a broad range of environmental fields, and even greater employment opportunity is fast approaching.  The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) indicates that today there are approximately 8.5 million jobs in the solar energy field alone.  In addition, builders and urban planners are needed to construct environmentally friendly homes and commercial sections of towns throughout the country.  Educators from middle schools who are teachers of earth science and college professors in environmental biology are preparing the new generation to repair the planet.  Once young men and women have reached the end of their education through the college level, the fields of environmental management, natural resources and forest preservation, and water conservation will be waiting for them.  In addition, organic and sustainable farming and landscape management offer a wide range of opportunity.

An advanced degree may be required for many in high level engineering work; however, if you have an environmental engineering degree, you will be able to find work with a bachelor’s degree.  What matters most is your basic education in the natural sciences in addition to the usual math and physics required of an engineer.

Following are some of the opportunities for you to “go green.”