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Environmental Service

In the Environmental Service pathway, you would act to protect the environment. You might focus on pollution control, recycling, waste disposal, or public health issues. Your work could involve doing studies to find threats to the ecosystem. Then you would figure out how to deal with the threats and to prevent future problems. You might design and operate wastewater systems. In other occupations in this pathway, you could collect, recycle, and remove hazardous materials.
Now, select one of the following occupations. 
  • Conservation Scientists
    Conservation scientists manage, develop, and help protect soil and rangelands.
  • Disposal Workers
    Trash collectors collect garbage and transport it to dumps or landfills.
  • Filtration Plant Operators
    Water treatment plant operators treat water so that it is safe to drink. Wastewater treatment plant operators remove pollutants from wastewater so it is safe to return to the environment.
  • Garbage Collectors
    Trash collectors collect garbage and transport it to dumps or landfills.
  • Range Managers
    Conservation scientists manage, develop, and help protect soil and rangelands.
  • Refuse and Recyclables Collectors
    Trash collectors collect garbage and transport it to dumps or landfills.
  • Sewage Plant Operators
    Water treatment plant operators treat water so that it is safe to drink. Wastewater treatment plant operators remove pollutants from wastewater so it is safe to return to the environment.
  • Soil Conservationists
    Conservation scientists manage, develop, and help protect soil and rangelands.
  • Trash Collectors
    Trash collectors collect garbage and transport it to dumps or landfills.
  • Water Treatment Plant Operators
    Water treatment plant operators treat water so that it is safe to drink. Wastewater treatment plant operators remove pollutants from wastewater so it is safe to return to the environment.

Company Profiles

VISION for Illinois Agriculture

The goal of the vision project is to identify and develop strategies that will enhance and grow the competitiveness of Illinois food and fiber industry.

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Farm Business Development Center @ Liberty Prairie Foundation

The Farm Business Development Center at Prairie Crossing is a farm business incubator for beginning organic, fresh produce farmers in the Chicago region.

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