Water Resource Specialists

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: Bachelor's degree
Salary
High: $210,330.00
Average: $163,610.00
Hourly
Average: $78.66

What they do:

Design or implement programs and strategies related to water resource issues such as supply, quality, and regulatory compliance issues.

On the job, you would:

  • Perform hydrologic, hydraulic, or water quality modeling.
  • Analyze storm water systems to identify opportunities for water resource improvements.
  • Conduct, or oversee the conduct of, investigations on matters such as water storage, wastewater discharge, pollutants, permits, or other compliance and regulatory issues.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

91% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
86% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
82% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
80% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
76% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
75% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
69% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
69% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
67% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
67% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
65% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
63% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
61% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
59% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
54% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

95% Investigative  -  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.
56% Enterprising  -  Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

83% Achievement  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
72% Working Conditions  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
72% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
67% Recognition  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
56% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

75% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
75% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
75% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
72% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
72% Written Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
72% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
72% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
69% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
69% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
66% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
60% Category Flexibility  -  The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
56% Flexibility of Closure  -  The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
56% Originality  -  The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
56% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
56% Fluency of Ideas  -  The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
56% Mathematical Reasoning  -  The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
56% Number Facility  -  The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

59% Complex Problem Solving  -  Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
59% Reading Comprehension  -  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
57% Writing  -  Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
57% Critical Thinking  -  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
57% Systems Analysis  -  Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
57% Speaking  -  Talking to others to convey information effectively.
57% Active Listening  -  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
55% Time Management  -  Managing one's own time and the time of others.
55% Judgment and Decision Making  -  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
55% Systems Evaluation  -  Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
54% Mathematics  -  Using mathematics to solve problems.
54% Active Learning  -  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
54% Monitoring  -  Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
52% Social Perceptiveness  -  Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Supervise workers performing environmentally sustainable activities.
Evaluate environmental or sustainability projects.
Negotiate contracts for environmental remediation, green energy, or renewable resources.
Test green technologies or processes.
Compile operational data.
Compile operational data.
Maintain operational records.
Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.
Present sustainable products or services information to the public.
Develop sustainable organizational policies or practices.
Advise others on green energy or related technologies.
Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.
Identify opportunities for green initiatives.
Monitor resources.
Identify environmental concerns.
Develop environmental remediation or protection plans.
Implement organizational process or policy changes.
Develop procedures to evaluate organizational activities.
Test green technologies or processes.
Test green technologies or processes.
Evaluate green operations or programs for compliance with standards or regulations.
Analyze data to determine project feasibility.
Identify opportunities for green initiatives.
Develop environmental remediation or protection plans.
Monitor organizational compliance with regulations.
Evaluate quality of materials or products.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

98% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
95% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
91% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
89% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
87% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
78% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
78% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
77% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
76% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
74% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
70% Letters and Memos  -  How often does the job require written letters and memos?
66% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
65% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
65% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
64% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
63% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
63% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
60% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
56% Level of Competition  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
71% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

89% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
88% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
86% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
83% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
82% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
76% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
75% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
75% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
73% Developing Objectives and Strategies  -  Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
72% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
71% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
71% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
71% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
69% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
69% Scheduling Work and Activities  -  Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
68% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
68% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
67% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
65% Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others  -  Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
65% Developing and Building Teams  -  Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
65% Providing Consultation and Advice to Others  -  Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
64% Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information  -  Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
58% Coaching and Developing Others  -  Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
57% Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates  -  Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
54% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
52% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
52% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
51% Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment  -  Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
51% Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others  -  Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Getting Started

Education:
50%
Bachelor's Degree
50%
Master's Degree

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