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POLLUTION-CONTROL TECHNICIAN

Specialty Definition: POLLUTION-CONTROL TECHNICIAN

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Conducts tests and field investigations to obtain data for use by environmental, engineering, and scientific personnel in determining sources and methods of controlling pollutants in air, water, and soil, utilizing knowledge of agriculture, chemistry, meteorology, and engineering principles and applied technologies: Conducts chemical and physical laboratory and field tests according to prescribed standards to determine characteristics or composition of solid, liquid, or gaseous materials and substances, using pH meter, chemicals, autoclaves, centrifuge, spectrophotometer, microscope, analytical instrumentation, and chemical laboratory equipment. Collects samples of gases from smokestacks, and collects other air samples and meteorological data to assist in evaluation of atmospheric pollutants. Collects water samples from streams and lakes, or raw, semiprocessed or processed water, industrial waste water, or water from other sources to assess pollution problem. Collects soil, silt, or mud to determine chemical composition and nature of pollutants. Prepares sample for testing, records data, and prepares summaries and charts for review. Sets monitoring equipment to provide flow of information. Installs, operates, and performs routine maintenance on gas and fluid flow systems, chemical reaction systems, mechanical equipment, and other test instrumentation. May operate fixed or mobile monitoring or data collection station. May conduct bacteriological or other tests related to research in environmental or pollution control activity. May collect and analyze engine exhaust emissions to determine type and amount of pollutants and be designated Engine Emission Technician (profess. & kin.). May specialize in one phase or type of environmental pollution or protection and be identified according to specialty. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: POLLUTION-CONTROL TECHNICIAN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 4F 4C 4C 55 54 49 4F 4E 2D 43 4F 4E 54 52 4F 4C      54 45 43 48 4E 49 43 49 41 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001111 01001100 01001100 01010101 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 00101101 01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001100 00100000 01010100 01000101 01000011 01001000 01001110 01001001 01000011 01001001 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#79 &#76 &#76 &#85 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78 &#45 &#67 &#79 &#78 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#76 &#32 &#84 &#69 &#67 &#72 &#78 &#73 &#67 &#73 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 004C 004C 0055 0054 0049 004F 004E 002D 0043 004F 004E 0054 0052 004F 004C      0054 0045 0043 0048 004E 0049 0043 0049 0041 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5049464655544349481537494854524946254393742484337433548

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INDEX

1. Orthography
2. Bibliography


  

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