Eco-awareness officer

Advanced scientific technician, with complementary training in communication and group leading techniques, with the ability to disseminate relevant documents and issues in order to bring about participatory processes or debates: territorial plans, urban development plans, waste plans, municipal audits or status reports, Agenda 21 programmes and other specific projects or campaigns of general interest.

• Prepare and organise informational meetings and conferences adapted to the demands of the groups addressed.
• Launch environmental programmes and awareness campaigns (waste, fire, saving water, etc.).
• Participate in creating and disseminating materials for exhibiting projects and campaigns subject to debate: publications, exhibitions, audiovisuals, articles, etc.
• Spread the objectives and contents of documents subject to debate via talks, exhibitions and running public debates with interested groups and the general population.
• Collect and systematise contributions in participatory processes.
• Systematise and draw up documents of the final conclusions on the participatory processes developed.
• Create environmental communication channels.
• Introduce environmental communication issues into existing information channels (municipal magazine, municipal website, etc.).
• Spread information on environmental quality ( for example. pollution).

Regulated training and graduates

No single specialised qualification is required in the order to embark on a career in this area. There are differents studies that prepare an individual for this occupation, including:

• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família professional de Seguretat i Medi ambient: Gestió ambiental (Nivell 3)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Serveis Socioculturals i a la comunitat: Dinamització comunitària (Nivell 3)
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Security and Environment - Advanced Level: Education and environmental control
• Grau: Biologia
• Grau: Biologia ambiental
• Grau: Ciències ambientals
• Grau: Química
• Grau: Pedagogia

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Analytical thought: Level 2

Initiative: Level 3

Empathy: Level 3

Flexibility and change management: Level 2

Planning and organisation: Level 2

Communication: Level 3

Communication

Those who show a preference for the field of communication are interested in the generation and dissemination of information. This information, however, can have various purposes: provide information on events and occurrences, generate public opinion on a certain topic or promote and publicise a service or product. Carrying out these activities requires knowledge of various techniques aimed at communication, persuasion and marketing.

Environment

People who work in this field focus their professional interests on the preservation, improvement or restoration of the environment (vegetation, fauna, flora) in both built-up areas and natural spaces. Some of the activities that represent this field are the detection, analysis and control of pollutants, the carrying out of measurements and tests in relation to climatic or environmental variables and the reduction of the harmful effects of human activity on the environment. The carrying out of these activities requires knowledge of the environment, for its planning and use, and of environmental regulations.

Environmental educator

Environmental auditor

Sustainable Product Analysis and Purchasing Expert

River pollution: comprehensive analysis and control consultant

Municipal environmental management and energy efficiency technician

• Work hours

  Variable, depending on the specific requirements of the communication initiatives being implemented and the type of company.

• Salary

  From 16.618 to 25.508 euros per annum gross. Median: 20.588 euros annum gross.
  
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.

• Other features

  It is advisable to have suitable communications devices (multimedia projector, video, etc.) that they can be hired or owned by the company contracting the service. Junior degree holders often perform this job without specific infrastructures or premises.

• Professional category

  Technician

• Human resources and equipment

  Minimum office automation infrastructure. Premises optional. Experts in graphic design (optional).