Yantai University-How about environmental engineering?

Employment analysis of environmental engineering specialty

In some aspects, the Ministry of Personnel made an authoritative prediction in 2004: environmental engineers (environmental protection) will be the hottest talents in the next few years, specifically, industrial hygiene scholars and toxicologists, biological environmental protection, chemical environmental protection, industrial environmental protection and other talents. It is estimated that many students were attracted by this "beautiful legend" and chose the environmental major after the college entrance examination.

At the request of many readers, we take environmental engineering as a sample to introduce the employment situation and trend of environmental graduates here.

Employment situation

Workpieces are easy to find and the treatment is not high.

The major of environmental protection was rated as the hottest major in Strengthening 2 1 century. However, in the current booming graduate supply and demand conference, environmental professionals were given a cold shoulder. This is because in the specific environmental governance industry, the input is often greater than the output, and they win very little. Except for the recent annual profit of 1 100 million yuan in environmental consulting business and environmental technology service industry, other industries are generally in a state of loss. Therefore, related to this, the employment situation of graduates majoring in environment is also very good. Many students feel that their major is very bright before entering school, and they find it difficult to find a job after entering school.

According to the author's investigation, it can be described in eight words: easy to find a job and low salary. Through the investigation of hundreds of environmental engineering practitioners, it is found that the salary of graduates in economically developed areas such as Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta is generally between 1.500 yuan/month and 3,000 yuan/month, while the salary of similar posts in underdeveloped areas is generally between 800- 1.800 yuan/month.

Case: Zhang Kaifeng, who graduated from environmental engineering in Shenzhen four years ago, just joined an environmental protection company (the process is very difficult, he gave an example. The "enrollment rate" of our major is the highest in the whole school, because everyone knows that it is difficult to find a job. I won't elaborate on the rest here. ), from the first year to the account 1.8K to the third year and a half, it is only 2.8k..

This year, he wanted to change his place and send his resume online. I didn't expect to say that many good companies in Guangzhou and Shenzhen invited him for an interview, and his salary could increase by at least 60%, which doubled his confidence.

Counselor comments on unique profession: Zhang Kaifeng's experience proves at least two things: 1. Obviously, the demand for talents in this major is expanding in large numbers. 2. The employment environment is really not very good. Judging from the current situation, the major should strive for employment in economically developed areas after graduation, because the professional concept and technical level of major companies can enable newcomers to quickly accumulate relevant work experience. It is difficult for ordinary small companies to spend the cost and energy to train new people, and they also lack this environment and ability.

Environmental protection work is a typical "the older, the more valuable". Environmental engineers recruited by the General Design Institute should indicate that they need more than 5 years of design experience. Moreover, because the annual growth of graduates in this major may greatly exceed the market demand. Therefore, graduates must accept a lower salary level before entering the industry.

If we understand the situation correctly and study hard, the prospect of this industry will be better and better. Environmental science covers a wide range. Coupled with the rise of "green technology", there are a wide range of industries that can be engaged. Once there is demand for environmental protection talents, the young "environmental protection sector" can create a large number of successful "green" gold medal leaders like IT industry and investment bank.

Technical post

Learning ability is more important.

At present, the main working directions of environmental engineering are still water treatment, garbage treatment and flue gas treatment, which are commonly referred to as three wastes treatment, sewage treatment and water supply treatment. It involves many industries and is widely used in employment at present. Flue gas treatment is the most popular and sought-after at present, and the salary is high.

The concept of environmental protection industry is relatively broad, including environmental management, such as environmental protection bureau and environmental monitoring department; There are environmental protection facilities, such as water treatment stations and environmental protection supervision and management departments of enterprises; There are environmental protection engineering companies that do engineering contracting; There are environmental protection equipment manufacturers, such as professional equipment manufacturers; There are also environmental technology consulting, such as design institutes and environmental technology companies.

In the choice of employment direction, according to the development trend of the industry, the first choice is to do environmental technical support and project management in foreign companies, followed by research and development, and finally to do environmental management in enterprises. The reason for this choice is that you can't run into a big climate in the enterprise. What can I do after running for 10 years? At best, you are an expert in debugging.

Case: Li Shujing, who graduated from a university majoring in environmental engineering in 2004, now works in a water treatment company. He thinks there is a big difference between the school curriculum and practical application. UCT technology used in the company's waterworks-he had never heard of it before graduation, and his classmates communicated with him on QQ, just like a gobbledygook. In fact, UCT technology is already a mature technology. However, during his college years, he did not introduce the process of nitrogen and phosphorus removal (VIP, UCT) in detail except the traditional activity method in the textbook (note: The textbook of Industrial Water Pollution Control by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company of the United States basically introduced the sewage treatment engineering process currently used in China). Not only that, the conditions of the school are quite different from the actual application. I attended a meeting in the company about buying testing instruments for water plants. Compared with the actual project now, the school is almost still in the slash-and-burn period. For example, in school, measuring COD is a reagent and heating, which takes two hours at a time, but our company now uses ultraviolet rays to directly monitor it in real time.