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Health and Safety Consultant

Overview Like in any organisation, the Health and Safety consultant in the renewable energy industry is responsible for preventing any situations that could potentially cause harm to humans (and animals or the environment). This applies both in the short term (preventing accidents and incidents) and over the long term (protecting health and minimising exposure to harmful substances or activities). Health and Safety is now high on the agenda of most organisations and now plays an (...)

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Energy Advisor

“What I particularly like about my job is being in the field, taking direct action to improve people’s daily lives and responding to their needs as well as possible”. Sébastien Hamot, Energy advisor “We are one of the essential links between citizens, public authorities, construction companies and a wide range of local stakeholders in the large-scale challenge of energy savings and renewable energies”. Clément, Energy advisor Overview The main tasks of energy advisors are to inform and advise (...)

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Energy Officer

Overview An energy efficiency officer deals with ecological and economic matters by controlling energy consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water and energy expenditure for local authorities, organisations and companies. Savings and the expenditure reduction are often very substantial, averaging out at 20% of an organisation’s initial budget. The role of the energy officer is also spotting overconsumption and finding ways to reduce it. An energy efficiency officer is (...)

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Project manager

"What I really like about this job is the flexibility. I have lots of projects to manage at the same time, but I also have lots of freedom and independence to decide how to best manage my time." Emilie, European project manager Overview Project managers that specialise in renewable energy can manage a wide variety of activities from project conception to completion. Their main aim is to meet the project objectives (outlined in the project ‘brief’) on time and on budget by successfully (...)

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Renewable energy teacher/trainer

"In my job, you need to be able to adapt. I don’t know what’s going to happen on any given day, so I have to be able to adjust and fit my teaching method to the circumstances" Caroline, Trainer and head of a master’s course in Sustainable Development Overview The main job of a renewable energy teacher is passing their knowledge and expertise on to the audience they are teaching. The teaching can be general, relating to all types of renewable energy, energy consumption and energy efficiency, (...)

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Renewable Energy Policy Developers / Local Development Officer / Land Engineer

"A development officer should have a good understanding of local and global environmental issues. It’s exciting putting concrete actions in place that will change an area for the better." Rémi, Development officer and environment specialist Overview Local development officers help put national and global strategies for development into action at local and regional levels. These development strategies can take several forms such as national climate change plans, renewable energy polices or (...)

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Planning Consultant /Land Development Advisor

"Being a ‘land development advisor’ involves working on urban planning documents where we try to take all aspects of the environment into account to make each development as sustainable as possible." Amandine – Urban geographer, land development advisor Overview A land development advisor will usually specialise in an area such as regional or urban planning, urban or rural redevelopment, environment impact assessment, transport or tourism. Their main aims are to improve living and working (...)

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Environmental Legal Consultant

Overview Environmental legal consultant’s role is to anticipate and control new environmental risks that are either threatening companies or are caused by companies. European directives and new regulations are shaking up companies more and more. Because of this, demand for lawyers specialising in environmental law has risen. Environmental law is complex. Its scope is wide-ranging since environmental legislation can deal with land use planning, polluting industries, nature and health (...)

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