Environmental Restoration Planners
Collaborate with field and biology staff to oversee the implementation of restoration projects and to develop new products. Process and synthesize complex scientific data into practical strategies for restoration, monitoring or management.
Most important skills
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Monitoring
Key knowledge
- Biology
- English Language
- Geography
- Design
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Customer and Personal Service
- Law and Government
What the work involves
- Notify regulatory or permitting agencies of deviations from implemented remediation plans.
- Develop environmental restoration project schedules and budgets.
- Develop and communicate recommendations for landowners to maintain or restore environmental conditions.
- Create diagrams to communicate environmental remediation planning, using geographic information systems (GIS), computer-aided design (CAD), or other mapping or diagramming software.
- Apply for permits required for the implementation of environmental remediation projects.
- Review existing environmental remediation designs.
- Supervise and provide technical guidance, training, or assistance to employees working in the field to restore habitats.
- Provide technical direction on environmental planning to energy engineers, biologists, geologists, or other professionals working to develop restoration plans or strategies.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Investigative, Realistic, Conventional.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (50% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (45.5%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (27.3%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 5: Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Environmental Restoration Planners is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 19-2041 (detailed_parent); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Low | Lower on contact with others than 65% of occupations compared | 64% of surveyed respondents chose “Contact with others most of the time” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Higher on dealing with the public than 55% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Important” |
| Teamwork | Very high | Higher on teamwork than 86% of occupations compared | 67% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 71% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very low | Lower on time pressure than 80% of occupations compared | 52% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Conflict situations | Moderate | Higher on conflict situations than 51% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 79% of occupations compared | 68% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 83% of occupations compared | 41% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very low
- Conflict situations: moderate
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 9.09%
- Contact with others most of the time: 63.64%
- Constant contact with others: 27.27%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2021
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 4.55%
- Fairly important: 13.64%
- Important: 31.82%
- Very important: 22.73%
- Extremely important: 27.27%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2021
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 0%
- Very important: 33.33%
- Extremely important: 66.67%
n = 21, Occupational Expert 08/2021
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 9.09%
- Some freedom: 45.45%
- A lot of freedom: 45.45%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2021
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 4.76%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 52.38%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 38.1%
- Every day: 4.76%
n = 21, Occupational Expert 08/2021
Conflict situations
- Never: 4.76%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 38.1%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 33.33%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 14.29%
- Every day: 9.52%
n = 21, Occupational Expert 08/2021
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 68.18%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 31.82%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 0%
- Every day: 0%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2021
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 18.18%
- Fairly serious: 40.91%
- Serious: 36.36%
- Very serious: 4.55%
- Extremely serious: 0%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2021
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