Role Description

You’ll usually specialise in a particular type of environment, like marine or coastal areas. 

You could study a specific animal or plant species. 

Your day-to-day duties could include:

• carrying out fieldwork - surveying and recording information on plants, animals, environmental conditions and biodiversity
• researching the impact of human activity, like housing and intensive agriculture, on the environment
• building computer models to predict the effects of development or climate change
• monitoring pollution
• managing wildlife conservation areas, woodland and meadows
• You might also help assess planning proposals and make recommendations on sustainable land use for local authorities, government departments and companies.