As an Environmental Scientist, you will need to master following:

• analyse environmental data
• assess groundwater environmental impact
• environmental management monitors
• environmental threats
• investigate pollution
• manage intellectual property rights
• operate open source software
• perform environmental investigations
• pollution legislation

More generally, an environmental scientist is also versed in:

• advise on environmental risk management systems
• advise on pollution prevention
• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• carry out environmental audits
• collect samples for analysis
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• conduct environmental site assessments
• conduct environmental surveys
• conduct research across disciplines
• conduct research before survey
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• develop environmental remediation strategies
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• ensure compliance with environmental legislation
• environmental legislation
• environmental policy
• evaluate research activities
• implement environmental protection measures
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• manage environmental management system
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• mentor individuals
• perform project management
• perform scientific research
• physics
• pollution prevention
• prepare visual data
• promote inclusion in research
• promote open innovation in research
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
• promote the transfer of knowledge
• publish academic research
• scientific research methodology
• speak different languages
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• use consulting techniques
• use technical drawing software
• write scientific publications

It also helps to know the following:

• food waste monitoring systems
• mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products
• use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
• address public health issues
• apply blended learning
• assess environmental plans against financial costs
• biology
• carry out training in environmental matters
• chemistry
• civil engineering
• consumer protection
• engineering principles
• environmental engineering
• handle chemicals
• have computer literacy
• hazardous waste storage
• inspect industrial equipment
• interpret visual literacy
• manage chemical testing procedures
• monitor environmental parameters
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• work with chemicals