What does environmental specialist do?

Environment is the place we live in. It starts with air,water, soil,pollution, waste management,soil quality to name a few. Environmental specialist is someone who is responsible for daily compliance monitoring and reporting of various environmental tasks. They work under environmental managers. They help managers in their environmental projects related to air, water, soil, waste management,waste regulation,pollution control etc Some of the job responsibilities include: 1) Getting involved in environmental projects working under environmental managers 2) Implement initiatives to make sure environmental projects are in compliance with federal, state, local environmental regulation 3) They track and maintian the regulatory record. This can in form of updating SPCC-plans, SPCC record keeping etc . SPCC is the spill prevention, control and countermeasure 4) They assist with developing procedures to help company maintian compliance within env regulations 5) Manage and maintian air quality compliance 6) Provide oversight for operations in regards to water quality, air quality, spill response. Perform remediation if needed 7) Involve and manage hydrostatic testing operations 8) Get involved in waste management projects including waster disposal facilities, prepare waste profiles, sampling, analysis and assisting with waste manifests 9) Manage soil, water monitoring and remediation if needed 10) Fantastic co-ordination, interpersonal and communicaiton skills 11) Must be willing to work on and off hours 12) Basic computer skills including MS word, excel, powerpoint,visio What does it take to become environmental specialist? Most companies look for degree in environmental science. This can be associate, bachelors degree in env science, environmental engineering etc.