Jayne Englebert and David Voight

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Geology Careers In The New Millennia
AIPG

• Presented by
• Jayne Englebert and David Voight
• March 7, 2002

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What Is This Program About ?

• Informing college students of opportunities in
  geology
• Answering career-related questions
• Providing advise on career paths
• Explaining the importance of professional
  registration

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Who Are We?

• Dave T N Associates, Inc.
• Jayne MSA Professional Services, Inc.
• State registered professional geologists
• Certified professional geologists - AIPG
  
  

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Questions Graduates Want Answered

• What courses do I need to succeed?
• What are my career options?
• What will I do in practice?
• Who are my potential employers?
• Where will I live?
• Is there job security?
• How much will I make?

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Courses To Succeed

• Basic Geology Courses To Cover National
  Registration Standards
• Physical and Historical
• Mineralogy and Petrology
• Structural
• Stratigraphy
• Field Course, plus 12 advanced level for a total
  of 36 semester or 45 quarter hours

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Courses - Continued

• Specialty Courses That Help
• Hydrogeology
• Geophysics
• Soils
• Petroleum Geology
• Engineering Geology
• Economic Geology

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Courses - Continued

• Beneficial Non-Geology Courses
• Technical Writing
• Business / Economics / Accounting
• Chemistry / Physics
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Law / Regulatory / Legislative Reviews
• Computer Applications
• DBM / Mapping Systems (GIS), Networking,
  Spreadsheets, Graphics for Presentations

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Career Path Options In Geology

• by who you can work for . . .
• Academic
• Government / Non-Profit
• Industry / Consulting

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Career Path Options Academic
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Career Path Options Government/Non-Profit
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Career Path Options Industry and Consulting
Remember - Consulting follows industry!
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What Will I Do ?Youll Do It All !

• Field
• sample, measure, observe, and document
• Lab
• analyze soil, rock, and water samples for
  physical and chemical make-up
• Office / Public
• interpret data
• prepare maps, sections, reports
• model, present

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Who Are Potential Employers ?

• Government - Regulatory
• Federal
• EPA
• DOE
• State agencies
• DNR DOC
• DOA DOT

• Academics
• schools and
  
  universities
• Research
• universities, large corporations, government, and
  institutes

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Potential Employers - Continued

• Government - Non-Regulatory
• US and State GSs
• NOAA / NASA
• ACOE / BLM
• FBI / CIA
• Military
• Municipal
• DOT / DOE (as owners)

• Industry / Consulting
• Oil
• Mining
• Solid Waste
• Manufacturers
• Finance / Brokerage
• Insurance

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What Areas of Interest Do Geologists Prefer ?

• Total Geologists in US in 2000 97,000
• 65 (64,000) Environmental
• 20 Oil/Gas Extraction or Mining
• 3 (3,100) Federal Government
• 3 (2,600) State Agencies
• 8 (8,000) Hydrologists
• 1 Miscellaneous

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UW-Madison MS/PhD Graduates1989-2000

• Masters Graduates
• Industry 27
• Academia 6
• Administration 14
• Non-Geology 10
• PhD Programs 45

• PhD Graduates
• Industry 28
• Academia 43
• Administration 20
• Non-Geology 9

By contrast, in 1999, 68 of Colorado School of
Mines graduates accepted industry positions!
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Where Will I Live ?- By Industry

• Oil / Gas - Major Companies
• Houston, New Orleans, Dallas, International
• Oil / Gas - Minor Companies
• Texas, Louisiana, rarely other states
• Mining
• west US, International
• Environmental
• anywhere

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Where Will I Live ? - Cont.- By Industry -

• Academic / Non-Industry Research
• Primary/secondary anywhere
• Research university locations and major cities
  with research facilities
• Regulatory / Government
• state capitals and cities with district offices

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Employment Outlook - By Industry -

• Varies with economic and environmental needs.
  Dependent on ability to tolerate risk, reward,
  and security
• Oil / Gas
• good due to domestic shortages and need for
  environmental stewardship and staff gap
• Mining
• moderate due to continued metals demand and need
  for environmental stewardship

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Employment Outlook - Cont. - By Industry -

• Environmental
• good for consulting due to regulations and focus
  on environmental stewardship
• Academic
• good / excellent at primary and secondary levels
  as science teachers
• poor at universities due to declining enrollments

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Employment Outlook - Cont. - By Industry -

• Non-Industry Research
• poor at universities due to declining enrollments
• steady at federal / state agencies due to
  attrition
• Regulatory / Government
• steady at federal / state agencies due to
  attrition

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How Much Will I Make ? - By Industry -

• Starting Salary Long-Term Job
• Employer Low High Security
• Mining 44,200 51,700 Low
• Oil/Gas 42,000 65,000 Low
• Govnt 29,100 31,300 High
• Academic 30,000 38,000 High
• Environtl 32,800 40,100 Moderate

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How Much Will I Make ? - By Degree -

• Starting Salary
• Degree Low High
• Bachelors 29,100 48,600
• Masters 38,000 52,500
• PhD 42,000 65,000

Note that the lowest salaries are typically
government or academic jobs and the highest
salaries are oil/gas company jobs.
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How Much Will I Make ?- 1999 Colorado School of
Mines Averages -

• Geoscience Degrees
• Geology 35,338
• Geophysics 46,000
• Mining 42,070
• Petroleum 49,786

• Comparable Degrees
• Civil Engr 38,039
• Elect Engr 48,554
• Mechnl Engr 44,882
• Math/Compt Sci 49,058
• Eco/Business 43,313
• Chemistry 44,138

Consider these high-end salaries for MS degrees
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Focus on Environmental Consulting Career Path

• What career paths are available ?
• What are the typical career ladders in
  environmental consulting ?
• What do you need to succeed ?
• What is the market outlook ?

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Career Paths In Environmental Geology
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Career Ladder InEnvironmental Consulting
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Technical Knowledge Needed To Succeed

• Hydrogeology
• Solid mapping and cross sectioning skills
• Miscible and non-miscible flow
• Multi-disciplinary fields
• Field sampling methods
• Geophysical methods
• Chemistry
• Statistics and Computer skills

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Non-Technical Skills Needed To Succeed

• Writing and speaking
• Negotiating
• Organizing
• Legislative / regulatory process
• Business / project management

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The Best Job Candidates Are . . .

• 1. Willing to pay their dues in the field
• 2. Excellent communicators
• 3. Open to listen and learn new ideas
• 4. Able to adapt to meet economic needs
• 5. Have more than 1 area of expertise
• 6. Have business acumen

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Past Market For Environmental Consulting

• Growth market in the 1980s
• 40 growth / year
• Very stiff competition in the 1990s
• 10- 20 reduction since 1991
• Mature market in late 1990s

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Future Market For Environmental Consulting

• Current market is mature
• Normal turnover, entry level opportunities
• Better outlook due to
• power demands
• new international programs
• new regulations (wetlands, air, land use)
• clean water shortages
• increased environmental stewardship, and
• decrease in available candidates

Those with business acumen in highest demand!
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Growth Opportunities In Environmental Consulting

• Non-regulatory based markets
• Brownfield redevelopment
• Working with developers on contaminated lands
• Financially based improvements to existing
  environmental controls
• Long-term land use management and resource
  protection plans

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What Drives The Market In The Long Run

• Achieving your clients objectives
• Saving money for your client
• minimizing remediation efforts
• turn-key remediation (fast)
• Helping your client make money
• fast permitting for speed to market
• design with new technology

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Professional RegistrationWhat Is It ?

• State statutory authority over the practice of a
  profession

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Professional RegistrationWhat Does It Do ?

• Provides states assurances of minimum competency
• Charges geologists with protecting public health,
  welfare, and environment
• Provides penalties for practicing illegally,
  unethically, or outside field of expertise

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Professional RegistrationBasic Requirements Are ?

• Bachelors degree
• 30 semester or 45 quarter hours in geology at
  approved college
• 5 yrs experience 7 yrs with peer review
• Letters of recommendation
• Exam (ASBOG)

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American Institute of Professional GeologistsWho
Are We ?

• Started at Colorado School of Mines in 1963
• Advocate for the Geology Profession
• National Membership over 8,000
• Quarterly magazine
• Range of Membership Categories

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Case Study

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Site Investigation Activities

• Radiological Surveys
• Geophysical Surveys
• Background Soil and Groundwater Studies
• Surface Water and Seep Characterization
• Landfill Gas and Leachate Characterization
• Soil and Aquifer Characterization Studies
• Residential Well Sampling
• Ecological Surveys

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Geological and Hydrogeological Model Summary
(Eagan)
From Eagan, 2000, Figure 5-1
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Geological and Hydrogeological Model Summary (EPA)

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Geological and Hydrogeological Model Summary

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Geological and Hydrogeological Model Summary

• General Geology
• Upper Till clayey silt glacial till and
  intertill deposits with thin interbedded sand and
  gravel
• Lower Sand and Gravel dominantly sand and gravel
  interbedded with clayey silt glacial till which
  increases to south and with depth
• Bedrock highly porous limestone or dolomite
• Complex identification/correlation of
  glacial/interglacial units requires integration
  of all data

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Geological and Hydrogeological Model Summary
(Eagan)
From Eagan, 2000, Figure 3-1
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Other Investigation Activities

• Evaluate existing pump test data
• Estimate water budget (EPA vs. Danis)
• Research chromium occurrence and transport
• Perform supplemental aquifer characterization
  studies
• Review existing isotopic data
• Provide assistance with evaluating flow paths and
  estimating transport rates

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Geological and Hydrogeological Model Summary (EPA)

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Geological and Hydrogeological Model Summary (EPA)

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Geological and Hydrogeological Model Summary
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