Experience as an intern, volunteer, or part-time employee at a recycling program is recommended for obtaining an entry-level position, but more experience will be needed to advance to higher level work.
Useful personal skills include good communication and people skills for interacting with staff, contractors, government officials, and the public. Leadership, persuasiveness, and creativity (the ability to think of new ways to use collected materials, for example) also are important.
- Agricultural Scientists
- Air Quality Engineers
- Ambassadors
- Aquarists
- Arborists
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Bailiffs
- Bank Examiners
- Biochemists
- Bioenergy/Biofuels Workers
- Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Biofuels Production Managers
- Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
- Biologists
- Biomass Plant Technicians
- Biomass Power Plant Managers
- Border Patrol Agents
- Botanists
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
- Business Managers
- Campaign Workers
- Chemists
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- City Managers
- Civil Engineers
- Climate Scientists
- Congressional Aides
- Construction Inspectors
- Corporate Climate Strategists
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Customs Officials
- Demographers
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Ecologists
- Economists
- Emergency Management Directors
- Energy Conservation Technicians
- Energy Consultants
- Engineering Technicians
- Environmental Consultants
- Environmental Economists
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Lawyers
- Environmental Lobbyists
- Environmental Planners
- Environmental Restoration Planners
- Environmental Scientists
- Environmental Technicians
- EPA Special Agents
- FBI Agents
- Federal and State Officials
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Foreign Service Officers
- Forensic Meteorologists
- Foresters
- Forestry Technicians
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Futurists
- Geological Technicians
- Geologists
- Geophysicists
- Green Builders
- Green Hotel/Resort Ecomanagers
- Green Products Manufacturers
- Green Transportation Careers
- Groundwater Professionals
- Hazardous Waste Management Specialists
- Hazardous Waste Management Technicians
- Health and Regulatory Inspectors
- Horticultural Inspectors
- Horticultural Technicians
- Hydropower and Marine Energy Industry Workers
- Indoor Environmental Health Specialists
- Industrial Ecologists
- Intelligence Officers
- Interpreters
- Land Acquisition Professionals
- Land Trust or Preserve Managers
- Landscape Architects
- Lobbyists
- Marine Biologists
- Methane/Landfill Gas Collection System Operators
- Methane/Landfill Gas Generation System Technicians
- Microbiologists
- Military Recruiters
- Military Workers, Enlisted
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists
- National Park Service Employees
- Naturalists
- Occupational Safety and Health Workers
- Oceanographers
- Park Rangers
- Policy Analysts
- Political Consultants
- Political Scientists
- Press Secretaries
- Range Managers
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Refuse Collectors
- Regional and Local Officials
- Renewable Energy Careers
- Renewable Energy Engineers
- Rewilders
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Soil Conservationists and Technicians
- Soil Scientists
- Traffic Engineers
- Translators
- Transportation Planners
- Urban and Regional Planners
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators and Technicians
- Water/Wastewater Engineers
- Zoo and Aquarium Curators and Directors
- Zoologists