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(Reprinted from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

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The type of job environmental engineers have often determines whether they work inside or outside. However, most work inside a majority of the time. When working in offices, environmental engineers use standard equipment, including computers for word processing, facility design, and data analysis.

A rapidly growing area in engineering computing is the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), which diagram layers of the earth through airplane and satellite photos to help environmental engineers pinpoint target areas. Environmental engineer Klaus Peter Albertin of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina stated as early as 2001 that the analysis of GIS data would become an integral part of environmental engineering.

Environmental engineers whose tasks require site visits - for purposes such as collecting samples, checking quality control, and investigating sites for possible contamination - spend at least part of their time away fromt he office.

Site visits are more likely to take environmental engineers to unpleasant surroundings than to pristine ones, but they also give engineers a chance to turn theory into reality. And working outside the office allows some environmental engineers to interact with people their work affects.

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Note: information is partially based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics