Competencies Environmental Science Manager in the Southwest Region
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Green job - Help

This occupation includes job titles whose primary duties and responsibilities lead to positive environmental outcomes. Job Bank uses a list of occupations that were identified as "green" through a task-based analysis conducted by the United States’ Occupational Information Network (O*NET), which was recognized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and adapted to the National Occupational Classification (NOC) in Canada. This list may change over time. Learn more.

Find out what competencies you typically need to work as an environmental science manager in Canada.

Skills Help - Skills

  • Science Managers
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Coordinating 5 - Highest Level
    Monitoring 5 - Highest Level
    Time Management 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Material Resources 5 - Highest Level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Numeracy 5 - Highest Level
    Reading Comprehension 5 - Highest Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 5 - Highest Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 5 - Highest Level
  • Architecture and urban planning managers
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Coordinating 5 - Highest Level
    Monitoring 5 - Highest Level
    Time Management 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Material Resources 5 - Highest Level
    Product Design 5 - Highest Level
    Numeracy 5 - Highest Level
    Negotiating 5 - Highest Level
    Problem Solving 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Financial Resources 5 - Highest Level

Skills

Skills are capabilities that you develop over time. Different jobs require different skills. You will need them to do a good job in your roles, tasks, and duties.

Personal Attributes Help - Personal Attributes

  • Science Managers
    Importance
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Leadership 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 3 - Important
  • Architecture and urban planning managers
    Importance
    Independence 5 - Extremely important
    Leadership 5 - Extremely important
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important

Personal Attributes

Personal attributes are the traits that you are born with. You can develop them through your social context and personal experiences. Different jobs require different personal attributes. Personal attributes are important at work because they influence how you are, and how you do things.

Interest Help - Interest

Realistic jobs

Realistic jobs are all about handling objects, tools, machines, or animals in a standard way. Many of these jobs don’t involve a lot of paperwork or teamwork.

Investigative jobs

Investigative jobs are all about studying things in an organized or creative way. These things can be physical, natural, or cultural. People in those jobs must think a lot, work with ideas, search for facts and solve problems.

Artistic jobs

Artistic jobs are all about expressing yourself in a creative way to make visual, performing, written, or applied art. They often involve working with forms, designs and patterns. Most of the time, people in those jobs don’t have to follow clear rules.

Social jobs

Social jobs are all about working with people. This often involves interacting with others to help, care, teach, or inform them.

Enterprising jobs

Enterprising jobs are all about taking action to achieve goals for a group or for yourself. This often involves starting and completing projects. People in those jobs often have to influence, lead and mobilize others. They sometimes also have to take risks and decisions or deal with business.

Conventional jobs

Conventional jobs are all about following procedures and routines. This may involve tasks like keeping records, filing paperwork and copying documents. It may also involve working with data to organize and process it in a planned way. People in those jobs often have to report to a clear chain of command. They tend to focus more on data and details than ideas.

Interest

Interests reflect your preferences for work environments and outcomes. Different jobs require different interests.

Knowledge Help - Knowledge

  • Science Managers
    Knowledge level
    Geological Resources 3 - Advanced Level
    Water Resources 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 3 - Advanced Level
    Geoscience 3 - Advanced Level
    Clerical 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Mathematics 3 - Advanced Level
    Technical Design 2 - Intermediate Level
    Forestry 2 - Intermediate Level
    Biology 2 - Intermediate Level
  • Architecture and urban planning managers
    Knowledge level
    Technical Design 3 - Advanced Level
    Building and Construction 3 - Advanced Level
    Business Management 3 - Advanced Level
    Clerical 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Mathematics 3 - Advanced Level
    Forestry 2 - Intermediate Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Humanities 2 - Intermediate Level
    Accounting 2 - Intermediate Level

Knowledge

Knowledge refers to the understanding of different theories and practices. Different jobs require different knowledge. You need specific knowledge to do tasks and activities in a specific field.

Source Occupational and Skills Information System

Labour Market Information Survey
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