Career Details :: Natural Sciences Managers
Description
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, and research and development in these fields.
Experience
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Education
A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Training
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Tasks
- Schedules, directs, and assigns duties to engineers, technicians, researchers, and other staff.
- Plans and directs research, development, and production activities of chemical plant.
- Coordinates successive phases of problem analysis, solution proposals, and testing.
- Prepares and administers budget, approves and reviews expenditures, and prepares financial reports.
- Reviews project activities and prepares and reviews research, testing, and operational reports.
- Confers with scientists, engineers, regulators, and others to plan and review projects, and to provide technical assistance.
- Advises and assists in obtaining patents or other legal requirements.
- Provides technical assistance to agencies conducting environmental studies.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Communicating With Other Workers
- Provide Consultation & Advice to Others
- Developing and Building Teams
- Updating & Using Job-Relevant Knowledge
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
Related Majors
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| Biology/Environmental Engineering | [ add ] |
| Business Environmental Administration | [ add ] |
| Community/Regional Environmental Studies | [ add ] |
| Conservation | [ add ] |
| Earth/Environmental Science | [ add ] |
| Energy Conservation/Use of Technology | [ add ] |
| Environment/Economics/Politics | [ add ] |
| Environmental Affairs | [ add ] |
| Environmental Arts | [ add ] |
| Environmental Design | [ add ] |
| Environmental Earth Resources | [ add ] |
| Environmental Geosciences | [ add ] |
| Environmental Resources | [ add ] |
| Environmental Resources/Forest Engineering | [ add ] |
| Environmental Safety | [ add ] |
| Environmental Science | [ add ] |
| Environmental Science/Biology | [ add ] |
| Environmental Science/Conservation Biology | [ add ] |
| Environmental Science/Engineering | [ add ] |
| Environmental Science/Geology | [ add ] |
| Environmental Science/Management | [ add ] |
| Environmental Science/Studies | [ add ] |
| Environmental Sciences | [ add ] |
| Environmental Sciences/Biology | [ add ] |
| Environmental Sciences/Chemistry | [ add ] |
| Environmental Sciences/Engineering | [ add ] |
| Environmental Sciences/Geoscience | [ add ] |
| Environmental Studies | [ add ] |
| Environmental Studies in Geology | [ add ] |
| Environmental Studies/Environmental Sciences | [ add ] |
| Environmental Studies/Geography | [ add ] |
| Environmental Systems | [ add ] |
| Environmental Systems Technology | [ add ] |
| Environmental Toxicology | [ add ] |
| Environmental/Energy Policy | [ add ] |
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| Environmental/Renewable Resource Economics | [ add ] |
| Forestry/Environmental Management | [ add ] |
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| Geoenvironmental Studies | [ add ] |
| Geography/Environmental Science | [ add ] |
| Geology/Environmental Science | [ add ] |
| Man/Environment Relations | [ add ] |
| Marine Environmental Science | [ add ] |
| Marine/Environmental Science | [ add ] |
| Natural Resources | [ add ] |
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| Studies in the Environment | [ add ] |
| Sustainable Systems | [ add ] |
| Water Resources | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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