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Environmental Engineering Technicians
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Environmental Engineering Technicians
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Apply theory and principles of environmental engineering to modify, test, and operate equipment and devices used in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental pollution, including waste treatment and site remediation. May assist in the development of environmental pollution remediation devices under direction of engineer.
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Degrees
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Abilities
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Problem Sensitivity| | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Information Ordering| | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Reaction Time| | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Trunk Strength| | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Multilimb Coordination| | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Glare Sensitivity| | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Response Orientation| | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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Rate Control| | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Peripheral Vision| | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Dynamic Flexibility| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Knowledge
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Customer and Personal Service| | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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Building and Construction| | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
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Administration and Management| | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $30,320.00 |
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| North Carolina | $36,810.00 |
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| South Carolina | $43,810.00 |
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Skills
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Active Listening| | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Receive, set up, test, and decontaminate equipment. |
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| Arrange for the disposal of lead, asbestos and other hazardous materials. |
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| Maintain project logbook records and computer program files. |
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| Inspect facilities to monitor compliance with regulations governing substances such as asbestos, lead, and wastewater. |
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| Provide technical engineering support in the planning of projects, such as wastewater treatment plants, to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and policies. |
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| Conduct pollution surveys, collecting and analyzing samples such as air and ground water. |
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| Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions. |
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| Perform environmental quality work in field and office settings. |
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| Review technical documents to ensure completeness and conformance to requirements. |
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| Oversee support staff. |
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| Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills. |
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| Perform laboratory work such as logging numerical and visual observations, preparing and packaging samples, recording test results, and performing photo documentation. |
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| Produce environmental assessment reports, tabulating data and preparing charts, graphs and sketches. |
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| Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies. |
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| Work with customers to assess the environmental impact of proposed construction and to develop pollution prevention programs. |
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| Perform statistical analysis and correction of air or water pollution data submitted by industry and other agencies. |
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| Develop work plans, including writing specifications and establishing material, manpower and facilities needs. |
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| Review work plans to schedule activities. |
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| Obtain product information, identify vendors and suppliers, and order materials and equipment to maintain inventory. |
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Tools
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| Air pumps |
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| Aeration pumps |
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| Air samplers or collectors |
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| Air monitoring equipment |
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| Airborne particulate samplers |
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| Dichotomous particulate matter samplers |
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| Multistage agar impactors |
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| Air velocity and temperature monitors |
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| Air velocity meters |
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| Analytical balances |
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| Anemometers |
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| Atomic absorption AA spectrometers |
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| Atomic absorption spectrometers |
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| Bench refractometers or polarimeters |
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| Interferometeric refractormeters |
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| Benchtop centrifuges |
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| High-speed centrifuges |
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| Bi distillation units |
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| Water distillation units |
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| Binocular light compound microscopes |
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| Microscopes |
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| Optical microscopes |
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| Calorimeters |
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| Chemical absorption gas analyzers |
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| Surface area analyzers |
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| Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers |
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| Microtox toxicity systems |
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| Chemistry analyzers |
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| Mercury analysis equipment |
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| Chromatographic detectors |
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| Low pressure liquid chromatographs with fraction collectors |
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| Conductivity meters |
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| Darkfield microscopes |
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| Phase contrast microscopes |
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| Density gradient fractionators |
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| Universal fractionators |
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| Desktop computers |
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| Dewatering equipment |
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| Filter press simulators |
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| Digital cameras |
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| Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers |
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| Respirometers |
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| Dissolved oxygen meters |
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| Dropping pipettes |
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| Micropipettes |
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| Electronic counters |
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| Particle counters |
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| Electrophoresis system accessories |
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| Electrophoresis tanks |
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| Fraction collectors |
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| Zeta meters |
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| Extracting equipment for laboratories |
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| Supercritical fluid extractors |
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| Filtering machinery |
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| Particulate filters |
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| Flame ionization analyzers |
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| Flame ionization detectors |
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| Flow injection analysis equipment |
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| Flow injection analyzers |
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| Flowmeters |
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| Flow meters |
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| Fluorescent microscopes |
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| Epifluorescence microscopes |
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| Total internal reflection microscopes |
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| Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators |
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| Incubators |
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| Freeze dryers or lyopholizers |
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| Freeze dryers |
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| French pressure cells |
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| French presses |
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| Fume hoods or cupboards |
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| Chemical fume hoods |
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| Gas chromatographs |
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| Gel documentation systems |
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| Global positioning system receivers |
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| Global positioning system GPS devices |
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| Hazardous material protective apparel |
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| Protective clothing |
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| Heated walk in environmental or growth chambers |
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| Environmental chambers |
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| Heating mantles or tapes |
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| Heating mantles |
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| Heating or drying equipment or accessories |
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| Dessicator chambers |
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| HEPA filtered enclosures |
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| Biosafety cabinets |
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| High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography |
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| High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC with ultraviolet/visible UV/Vis absorbance detectors |
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| Hydrocarbons analyzers or detectors |
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| Total organic halide analyzers |
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| Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers |
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| Plasma spectrometers |
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| Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis |
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| Electrophoresis equipment |
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| Inverted microscopes |
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| Ion chromatographs |
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| Ion selective electrode |
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| Specific ion probes |
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| Ion selective electrode ISE meters |
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| Isolation glove boxes |
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| Anaerobic laboratory glove bags |
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| Laboratory adapters or connectors or fittings |
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| Glassware adapters |
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| Laboratory bailers |
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| Bailers |
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| Laboratory balances |
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| Balances |
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| Laboratory scales |
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| Pan balances |
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| Laboratory beakers |
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| Beakers |
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| Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers |
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| Blenders |
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| Laboratory box furnaces |
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| Muffle furnaces |
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| Laboratory centrifugal pumps |
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| Centrifugal pumps |
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| Laboratory flasks |
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| Erlenmeyer flasks |
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| Laboratory funnels |
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| Filtering funnels |
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| Funnels |
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| Laboratory graduated cylinders |
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| Graduated cylinders |
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| Laboratory heat exchange condensers |
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| Glassware condensers |
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| Laboratory hotplates |
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| Hot plate stirrers |
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| Laboratory mechanical convection ovens |
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| Laboratory ovens |
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| Mechanical convection ovens |
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| Laboratory mixers |
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| Mixer mills |
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| Laboratory safety furnaces |
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| Furnaces |
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| Laboratory vacuum pumps |
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| Vacuum pumps |
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| Laminar flow cabinets or stations |
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| Laminar flow hoods |
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| Land drilling rigs |
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| Tractor mounted drill rigs |
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| Laser printers |
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| Lasers |
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| Argon lasers |
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| Leak testing equipment |
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| Tracer gas detectors |
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| Light scattering equipment |
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| Simultaneous static and dynamic light scattering systems |
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| Liquid scintillation counters |
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| Liquid scintillation equipment |
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| Scintillation counters |
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| Magnetic stirrers |
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| Stirrers |
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| Mainframe computers |
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| Mass spectrometers |
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| Gas mass spectroscopes |
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| Liquid mass spectroscopes |
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| Microcentrifuges |
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| Microplate readers |
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| ELISA plate readers |
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| Microscope slides |
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| Multipurpose or general test tubes |
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| Test tubes |
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| Nephelometers |
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| Benchtop nephelometers |
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| Nitrogen or nitrate or nitrite analyzer |
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| Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers |
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| 13C nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers |
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| Proton NMR spectrometers |
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| Open stream water level recorders |
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| Water level meters |
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| Optical diffraction apparatus |
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| Particle size analyzers |
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| Orbital shakers |
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| Laboratory shakers |
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| Orbital shaking water baths |
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| Fecal coliform constant temperature shaker baths |
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| Organic carbon analyzers |
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| Carbon analyzers |
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| Total organic carbon TOC analyzers |
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| Ozone analyzers |
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| Ozone concentration percentage meters |
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| Ozone generator |
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| Ozone bubble contactors |
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| Ozone generators |
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| Particle size measuring apparatus |
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| Differential mobility analyzers |
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| Soil particle size testers |
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| PCR enclosures |
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| Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment |
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| Penetrometers |
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| California bearing ratio CBR testing devices |
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| Peristaltic pumps |
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| Permeability testing apparatus |
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| Soil permeability testers |
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| Personal computers |
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| pH meters |
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| Photo attachments for microscopes |
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| Camera-equipped microscopes |
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| Photometers |
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| Portable data input terminals |
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| Dataloggers |
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| Potentiometers |
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| Potentiostats |
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| Reactors or fermenters or digesters |
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| Aerobic laboratory scale reactors |
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| Anaerobic laboratory scale reactors |
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| Digester apparatus |
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| Fermenters |
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| High-pressure/temperature reactors |
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| Reciprocating pumps |
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| Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges |
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| Benchtop refrigerated centrifuges |
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| Refrigerated centrifuges |
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| Respirators |
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| Reverse osmosis equipment |
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| Low pressure reverse osmosis water treatment systems |
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