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A career as an EET is a good fit for those who like to work outdoors and want to protect the environment.

• writing environmental assessment reports for federal, state, and local government agencies • preparing construction or other permit applications and reviewing environmental permits to ensure that they comply with government regulations • working with clients to determine the environmental impact of proposed construction projects, and designing pollution prevention plans • evaluating the status of polluted sites, developing a clean-up plan, and choosing technologies to clean up the sites • using software to create models of biological, chemical, or physical treatment processes to determine their effectiveness at removing or disintegrating pollutants • developing plans to rehabilitate ecosystems that are in decline

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What Do Environmental Engineering Technicians Do?