ENVIRONMENT

Weeds, chemical spills, rescuing the tui, cleaning up the air or plotting where everything actually is. Everything has an environmental impact and your council is often the referee. Regional councils, in particular, must manage the demands of industry (for instance farming), and of those who want to keep our environment untouched.

This category typically includes:

Coastal, watercourse and land management and biodiversity

• Typical roles include planner, environmental engineer, ecologist, land management officer.
• Study typically includes Science (Ecology and Biodiversity), Planning, Environment and Resource Management, Regional and Resource Planning, Biochemistry, Biology, Botany, Soil Science, Cellular Biology and Microbiology, Geography.

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Animal and pest management, biosecurity

 

• Typical roles include animal control officer, environmental health officer, park ranger, fish and game warden, pest control officer, biosecurity officer.
• Study typically includes Animal Control, Pest Control, Health Science, Animal Physiology, Applied Science, Environmental Health, Conservation and Ecology, Natural Resource and Environment.

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Pollution prevention and correction

• Typical roles include environmental health officer, air quality officer, water quality officer, atmospheric scientist.
• Study typically includes Environmental Health, Applied Science, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Earth Science.

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 Resource Management Act

•  Typical roles include resource consents officer, resource consent processing/monitoring officer, planner.
• Study typically includes Environment and Resource Management, Maori Resource Management, Social Sciences, Natural Resources, Regional and Resource Planning.

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Geographic information

• Typical roles include GIS planner, GIS technician, GIS surveyor, map maker.
• Study typically includes Geography, Computing, Draughting and Design, Land Surveying and Cartography.

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For a case study, see Back on the mainland!