What Do Environmental Restoration Planners Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Environmental Restoration Planners collaborate with field and biology staff to oversee the implementation of restoration projects and to develop new products. Process and synthesize complex scientific data into practical strategies for restoration, monitoring or management. They also collect and analyze data to determine environmental conditions and restoration needs.

Other tasks include:

• Develop and communicate recommendations for landowners to maintain or restore environmental conditions.
• Plan environmental restoration projects, using biological databases, environmental strategies, and planning software.
• Communicate findings of environmental studies or proposals for environmental remediation to other restoration professionals.
• Conduct site assessments to certify a habitat or to ascertain environmental damage or restoration needs.
• Develop environmental restoration project schedules and budgets.
• Create habitat management or restoration plans, such as native tree restoration and weed control.

We asked Environmental Restoration Planners how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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69% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 65% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Environmental Restoration Planners create habitat management or restoration plans, such as native tree restoration and weed control. They collect and analyze data to determine environmental conditions and restoration needs.

• Plan or supervise environmental studies to achieve compliance with environmental regulations in construction, modification, operation, acquisition, or divestiture of facilities such as power plants.
• Plan environmental restoration projects, using biological databases, environmental strategies, and planning software.
• Communicate findings of environmental studies or proposals for environmental remediation to other restoration professionals.
• Develop environmental restoration project schedules and budgets.
• Create diagrams to communicate environmental remediation planning, using geographic information systems (GIS), computer-aided design (CAD), or other mapping or diagramming software.

We asked some Environmental Restoration Planners a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

	Do you have telephone conversations everyday in this job?	67% said yes
	How important is it to work in a team in this job?	33% said very important
	Do you have group discussions everyday in this job?	38% said yes
	Do you talk or work with customers everyday in this job?	24% said yes
	Do you have to deal with angry customers everyday in this job?	0% said yes
	Do you have to make decisions everyday in this job?	0% said yes

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Environmental Restoration Planners also review existing environmental remediation designs. They may also conduct environmental impact studies to examine the ecological effects of pollutants, disease, human activities, nature, and climate change.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Environmental Restoration Planners Develop and communicate recommendations for landowners to maintain or restore environmental conditions. They might also Communicate findings of environmental studies or proposals for environmental remediation to other restoration professionals.

In addition, they Create habitat management or restoration plans, such as native tree restoration and weed control.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Supervise and provide technical guidance, training, or assistance to employees working in the field to restore habitats.

To some Environmental Restoration Planners, it is also their responsibility to Create diagrams to communicate environmental remediation planning, using geographic information systems (GIS), computer-aided design (CAD), or other mapping or diagramming software.

Working life

Standard 40 hour work week

Irregular work schedule that changes depending on weather conditions, customer demand or contract duration.

In a typical work week as an Environmental Restoration Planner, you can expect to work 40 hour work week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery..

They also like working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. They like searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

You can read more about these career personality types here.

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http://www.bls.gov/OOH/life-physical-and-social-science/environmental-scientists-and-specialists.htm

http://www.americangeosciences.org/

http://www.ihmm.org/certificants/chmm

http://www.neha.org/index.shtml