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Environmental Economists: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Conduct economic analysis related to environmental protection and use of the natural environment, such as water, air, land, and renewable energy resources. Evaluate and quantify benefits, costs, incentives, and impacts of alternative options using economic principles and statistical techniques.
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This source lists 20 tasks, including 18 marked Core and 2 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2020.
20 tasks shown
Core · Task 16902 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts.
Core · Task 16915 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Conduct research on economic and environmental topics, such as alternative fuel use, public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, and endangered species protection.
Core · Task 16910 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives.
Core · Task 19985 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks.
Core · Task 16897 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Prepare and deliver presentations to communicate economic and environmental study results, to present policy recommendations, or to raise awareness of environmental consequences.
Core · Task 19984 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Develop programs or policy recommendations to achieve environmental goals in cost-effective ways.
Core · Task 16909 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
Core · Task 16901 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Demonstrate or promote the economic benefits of sound environmental regulations.
Core · Task 16914 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Conduct research to study the relationships among environmental problems and patterns of economic production and consumption.
Core · Task 16913 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems.
Core · Task 16903 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Write social, legal, or economic impact statements to inform decision makers for natural resource policies, standards, or programs.
Core · Task 21177 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Teach courses in environmental economics.
Core · Task 19986 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Develop programs or policy recommendations to promote sustainability and sustainable development.
Core · Task 16906 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Develop systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental and economic data.
Core · Task 16904 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.
Core · Task 16905 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Examine the exhaustibility of natural resources or the long-term costs of environmental rehabilitation.
Core · Task 16898 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Monitor or analyze market and environmental trends.
Core · Task 16908 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Develop environmental research project plans, including information on budgets, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements.
Supplemental · Task 16900 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Identify and recommend environmentally friendly business practices.
Supplemental · Task 16899 · 08/2020 · Occupational Expert
Interpret indicators to ascertain the overall health of an environment.
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