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O*NET detailed work activityResearch issues related to the environment or sustainable business practices
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AI can get you up to speed fast and suggest where to look, but you need to confirm findings against real sources, records or people.
Part of Investigate the environmental impact of industrial or development activities, under the O*NET work activity group Getting Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (1 AI-ready, 8 AI-assist, 0 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Collect information about waste stream management or green building practices to inform decision makers.
- Research or review regulatory, technical, or market issues related to sustainability.
- Analyze environmental aspects of competing merchandise when making buying decisions.
- Research and keep informed of pertinent information and developments in areas such as EPA laws and regulations.
- Determine sampling locations and methods, and collect water or wastewater samples for analysis, preserving samples with appropriate containers and preservation methods.
- Identify or create new sustainability indicators.
- Research and perform calculations related to landscape allowances, discharge volumes, production-based and alternative limits, and wastewater strength classifications, making recommendations and completing documentation.
- Conduct research on hazardous waste management projects to determine the magnitude of problems and treatment or disposal alternatives and costs.