School of Life Sciences
Department of Environmental Management & Ecology
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management and Ecology
Likely areas of employment
Likely areas of employment after completion of the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management & Ecology
It is expected that graduates will be employed in a number of areas, including:
• Government and semi-government agencies (Federal, State, Local) involved in the management of river basins, catchment areas, soil resources, water resources, forest resources, conservation, land resources, mineral resources.
• Government agencies involved in establishment of policy and implementation of programs or policing with respect to environmental protection and pollution control and waste management, utilisation and minimisation.
• Private industry involved in natural resource management (irrigation, forestry, agriculture, livestock).
• Private or government industry concerned with waste minimisation, utilisation and management stemming from either resource processing or manufacturing.
• Research organisations involved in ecological environmental studies, natural resource management, or waste management (CSIRO, Universities, Federal and State Institutions).
In addition, graduates could be employed individually as ecologists, environmental consultants, teachers, scientific journalists, environmental protection and pollution control officers, waste managers, limnologists, biologists, fisheries and wildlife officers, water quality managers, environmental policy analysts, catchment managers, conservation/population geneticists, public land managers, research managers.
Examples of career outcomes of Graduates of the Department of Environmental Management and Ecology
Organisations employing our graduates include:
• Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment
• Victorian Department of Primary Industries
• Australian Antarctic Division
• National Environment Centre
• Agriculture Institute (Rutherglen & Victoria)
• Wodonga City Council (Environmental Planning)
• Albury City Council
• Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre (Albury)
• SPC Cannery (quality control, Shepparton)
• Bureau of Meteorology (Melbourne)
• Environmental Consultants (Yackandandah, Melbourne & Armidale)
• Department of Natural Resources and Mines (Brisbane, Qld)
• CSIRO Plant Horticulture (Brisbane)
• Underwater World, Education Officer (Queensland)
• TAFE Shepparton, Brisbane
• Department of Primary Industries (Brisbane)
• Undertaking PhDs on University Postgraduate Scholarships
• Department of Urban Services (Canberra)
• EPA (Wangaratta & Brisbane)
• Arthur Rylah Institute (Melbourne)
• CSIRO Canberra
• Seed & Grain Biotechnology (Wodonga)
• Australian Water Technology (Melbourne).
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