Environmental Protection Specialist
Help save your ocean and ocean friends!
What it's like to be Environmental Protection Specialist
Do you enjoy helping out the environment, our deep blue more preferably? Help discover, clean, and recover those animals who were damaged from oil spills? Obtain water samples and discover new life forms everyday? Then a career as an Environmental Protection Specialist just might be the job for you! With your help, justice can be served to those who did wrong to our oceans and the plants and animals of our deep blue will thank you. :)
First, you must obtain your required education!
A Bachelor's degree is your first requirement before you start anywhere in your journey for this career. Soon after your Bachelor's, you must began hands-on training; become an intern! Once you believe you have received enough knowledge and training, begin to think about receiving your graduate's degree and start your career for the better of our oceans!
Mud Grabber
Used to study the sediment and organisms at the bottom of the ocean floor.
Dip Net
Used to take small organisms from the water to send off to the lab for testing.
Surface Buoy
Free floating or attached device on top of the water to record weather conditions, surface currents, and waves.
Salary & Opportunities
According to the BLS, the median annual salary of environmental scientists and specialists was $61,010 in May 2009. However, the highest paying industries averaged over $93,000 annually.
Baby Snow Seal
With your dedication of being an Environmental Protection Specialist, you can help save baby snow seals like this from the pollution of their waters.
Lab Work
In order to discover, examine, and find a solution to contaimination of the ocean water, you must collect samples and report them to a lab and work with other scientists.
Our Deep Blue
Having the ability to work with and live off and on such a magnificent piece of our Earth is a privilege to those who want to study and dedicate their time to our oceans.