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O*NET detailed work activityAnalyze environmental data
AI-assistCrunch the numbers
11 jobs13 tasks
AI can do the arithmetic, build the spreadsheet formula and suggest what to look at. Deciding what the numbers mean for your situation is still you.
Part of Analyze environmental or geospatial data, under the O*NET work activity group Analyzing Data or Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (1 AI-ready, 11 AI-assist, 1 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Formulate predictions by interpreting environmental data, such as meteorological, atmospheric, oceanic, paleoclimate, climate, or related information.
- Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements.
- Identify spatial coordinates, using remote sensing and Global Positioning System (GPS) data.
- Use geospatial technology to develop soil sampling grids or identify sampling sites for testing characteristics such as nitrogen, phosphorus, or potassium content, pH, or micronutrients.
- Study public water supply issues, including flood and drought risks, water quality, wastewater, and impacts on wetland habitats.
- Identify risks for natural disasters, such as mudslides, earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions.
- Analyze ecological data about the impact of pollution, erosion, floods, and other environmental problems on bodies of water.
- Perform statistical analysis of environmental data.
- Perform environmentally extended input-output (EE I-O) analyses.
- Identify areas in need of pesticide treatment by analyzing geospatial data to determine insect movement and damage patterns.