Also called: Brownfields Coordinator
Helps turn abandoned, polluted industrial sites into parks, housing, and businesses.
You find funding for cleaning up an old rail yard, coordinate environmental testing, and work with developers and neighbors to plan what it becomes. Years later, you get to walk through a park that used to be a toxic lot.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in environmental science, planning, or public policy.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Environmental Science, Urban Planning, Public Policy.
Growing about average.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps screen sites and find grants; bringing owners, cities and neighbors together stays human.
Classes: Earth science, Government, Economics.
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