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Some technicians spend most of their workdays conducting research in laboratories.

• engineering services firms: 25 percent • management, scientific, and technical consulting services firms: 16 percent • government agencies: 16 percent • waste management and remediation services firms: 12 percent • manufacturers: 9 percent Some technicians decide to launch their own consulting firms, while others work as college professors or high school science teachers. What It’s Like to be an Environmental Engineering Technician EETs are hired in a variety of employment settings. Some work in comfortable, climate-controlled offices and laboratories. Others work a portion of their day at factories, which can be dirty, noisy, and extremely busy. Some work in wastewater treatment plants,

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Careers in Infrastructure: Environmental Engineering Technicians