What are the promising employment directions for environmental engineering majors?

Employment direction of environmental engineering specialty

I. Engineering Design (Environmental Engineering and Water Supply and Drainage)

Nature of work: The main business in this field is the design of various environmental engineering projects (sewage treatment, landfill, gas purification, etc. ) and supporting equipment installation and construction.

Work unit: environmental protection company/design institute, which is the most extensive place for environmental students at present. Early environmental protection companies were relatively small, and they could become leaders after working for three or four years. However, due to the small scale and informal management, the income is generally low.

Future development: So finding a powerful and promising environmental protection company will be the focus of career destination. If you encounter an opportunity to start a business, take it.

The textual research of registered environmental engineers will be an opportunity to promote the standardization of this industry and increase the income of this kind of occupation. Two. Environmental consulting category

Nature of work: Environmental consulting services include environmental impact assessment, environmental engineering consulting, environmental supervision, environmental management system and environmental label product certification, organic food certification, environmental technology assessment, product life cycle assessment, cleaner production audit and training, and environmental information services.

1. Environmental assessment

The qualification certificate of EIA is the qualification of an individual to do EIA, which can be tested after one year of work. The senior is a registered environmental appraiser. Registered engineer of environmental assessment is a qualification recognized by the state for practitioners engaged in environmental assessment. It is difficult to take the exam five years after graduation. Four courses have a registration certificate after passing, and the passing rate is only about 10%. Moreover, the units that do EIA now must have a certain number of registered EIA engineers to do EIA.

2. Environmental and occupational health and safety management system.

EHS management system is the integration of environmental management system (EMS) and occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS). Environmental and occupational health and safety management system, referred to as EHS management system.

Employment unit:

State-owned enterprise/foreign enterprise/famous enterprise manufacturing environment department, ISO 14000 environmental management system internal auditor. With the public's concern about environmental problems, enterprises have also set up environmental departments to solve internal environmental problems and coordinate external environmental problems.

EHS certification unit: ISO 14000 external auditor of environmental management system.

Development direction: environment and occupational health and safety management system EHS manager is a profession with very high salary. Of course, this profession also has very high requirements for the breadth of professional knowledge, the ability to coordinate and solve practical problems and foreign languages.

Job characteristics: the nature of the work is relatively "soft", and the usual job is to write manuscripts such as environmental protection reports. The work seems easy, but most of it is repetitive and often attached to the project. Some people will feel monotonous and lack challenges. But the advantage of this kind of work is that there is no risk and the income is not low. Female students majoring in environment are more suitable for this kind of work.

Three. Sales and technical services

Nature of work: The operation of environmental pollution control facilities can be regarded as management services. At present, China mainly refers to the socialized operation and management of facilities engaged in the treatment of urban sewage, industrial wastewater, domestic garbage, industrial solid waste, waste gas and radioactive waste. These facilities were originally invested and built by the state, but now private capital is encouraged to enter, and the government is only responsible for certain operating expenses. The socialized and market-oriented operation of environmental pollution control facilities in China has just started and developed slowly. The overall market scale is not large, but it has great potential.

Work units: from small-scale reclaimed water recycling equipment providers in residential areas to large-scale sewage treatment plant operators with tens of millions of assets in developed cities, and even a few listed companies, all compete in this field. Development prospect: the advantage of working in a big company is that you can receive systematic relevant vocational training and learn a lot; In a small company, you have to deal with many different things, and you may be independent soon. Therefore, when looking for a job, you don't have to concentrate on finding a big tree to enjoy the cool. What suits you is the best. After all, this industry has just started and has great potential. Four. Environmental management category

Work unit: environmental management positions are mainly in government departments, including environmental protection bureaus at all levels and their subordinate institutions. In recent years, the national environmental protection policy has undergone fundamental changes: from the main use of administrative means to the comprehensive use of law, economy, technology and necessary administrative means to solve environmental problems, consciously follow the laws of economy and nature, and improve the level of environmental protection work. All these make the demand of government departments for environmental professionals growing.