CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL JOBS

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org>]

CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL JOBS PROJECTION

 In July, California's Employment Development Department
released an Occupational Guide on environmental jobs within the
state. It projected, based upon information from Environmental
Business International, that Environmental Hazardous Waste
Workers will account for 17% of all California environmental
workers in 1996. This particuar group (haz waste) will increase
from a little more than 30,000 in 1992 to 50,000 in 1997. The
Occupational Guide sketches several categories of workers, from
technicians to engineers and scientists, along with their educational
and skill requirements as well as pay ranges.