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Tasks and Duties
- Record test data and prepare reports, summaries, and charts that interpret test results.
- Collect samples of gases, soils, water, industrial wastewater, and asbestos products to conduct tests on pollutant levels and identify sources of pollution.
- Respond to and investigate hazardous conditions or spills, or outbreaks of disease or food poisoning, collecting samples for analysis.
- Provide information and technical and program assistance to government representatives, employers and the general public on the issues of public health, environmental protection or workplace safety.
- Calibrate microscopes and test instruments.
- Make recommendations to control or eliminate unsafe conditions at workplaces or public facilities.
- Prepare samples or photomicrographs for testing and analysis.
- Calculate amount of pollutant in samples or compute air pollution or gas flow in industrial processes, using chemical and mathematical formulas.
- Initiate procedures to close down or fine establishments violating environmental and/or health regulations.
- Determine amounts and kinds of chemicals to use in destroying harmful organisms and removing impurities from purification systems.
- Discuss test results and analyses with customers.
- Maintain files such as hazardous waste databases, chemical usage data, personnel exposure information and diagrams showing equipment locations.
- Perform statistical analysis of environmental data.
- Set up equipment or stations to monitor and collect pollutants from sites, such as smoke stacks, manufacturing plants, or mechanical equipment.
- Distribute permits, closure plans and cleanup plans.
- Weigh, analyze, and measure collected sample particles, such as lead, coal dust, or rock, to determine concentration of pollutants.
- Examine and analyze material for presence and concentration of contaminants such as asbestos, using variety of microscopes.
- Develop testing procedures, and direct activities of workers in laboratory.
- Develop and implement programs for monitoring of environmental pollution and radiation.
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This project is supported, in part, by the NationalScience Foundation. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily the Foundation
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