Voice of Environment
Company
WAPDA- Water & Power Development Authority
Job:
Assistant Director Environment
BPS
17
Qualification:
BS Degree in Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Forestry, Natural Resource Management or BSc. Environmental Engineering
Job Type
Contract – 1 Year, extendable to 2 years
Last Date
22nd July, 2019
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Registration
Note:
Register online on PTS website, test will be conducted by PTS and only shortlisted candidates will be called for interview by WAPDA.
Graduates with Majors in Environmental Studies either its environmental Sciences or Environmental Engineering study a variety of tops during their studies enabling them to choose from a multiple options of professions. During studies, environmental studies graduates are gain complex skills in biology, chemistry, geology, physics, engineering, so that they can solve problems through interpretation of research. During working on environmental issues your creativity will be tapped as you design environmental research models.
Ultimately the career of a person depends on the interests, skills and values that they can bring and for environmental studies graduates passion for sustainability, nature conservation, ecology, global warming, climate change, water, air and ocean pollution etc. will be helpful.
Below are some careers where environmental studies graduates can work
All kinds of organization (manufacturing industries, construction companies etc.) hire environmentalist to represent them at all level. Environmentalist have to
The title of job/designation may vary depending on organizations, it could be:
To know, where to start on Environmental Conservation, Check out : What can you do as an individual to save environment
As Environmental Consultant you can either work as a freelancer or in some environmental consulting firm.an Environmental Consultant should have basic awareness of all environmental issues in all sectors. Service of Environmental Consultants are mostly acquired when projects are in their initial planning stages. As Environmental Consultant you are supposed to:
In this job Environmentalist can discover/improve their research, writing and presentation skills.
As compliance officer, environmentalist have to take care of all legal/standard requirement that an organization have to fulfill. As Compliance officer, you will be looking after:
To further understand Compliance requirements checkout: What is compliance?
As an auditor you will have to conduct audit of whatever you are assigned to do so (depend of audit scope).
Here you are supposed to conduct audits based on Ethical Trade initiative requirements.
Conducts audit of:
As environmental studies graduates gain skills, so they can serve as educator as well. with daily facing Environmental issues, it has become necessary to awareness about environmental issues and importance of environmental conservation. Initially environmental studies was a subject at university level but now it has become part of college and school level education as well.
So to teach these subject, subject specialists are required and here environmentalists can do their part.
To be an environmental lawyer, one has to have degree in Environmental law. As environmental lawyer, you will focus on cases based on Environmental issues. Here you will have to do research and present scientific evidence. You can also work with government to develop environmental policies and plans.
As sustainability coordinator you will be assessing the impact of organization and provide remediation measures. You will also participate in organizations planning process. You will prepare a sustainability report and communicate it at different levels. You will develop proposal with cost benefit analysis for environment conservation.
In this position you will be working to ensure that work environment is safe and healthy for the workers. You will be
Your post might vary from organization to organization e.g. EHS/SHE/HSE office/manager/ director etc.
Except all of above, environmentalist can also work on below jobs;
Some of these jobs might require extra degrees, courses or certifications. E.g. to an ISO auditor one will have to be ISO certified (ISO 14001 EMS, 45001 OHS MS, ISO 50001 EnMS).
