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Environmental inspector

Professions Published

Environmental inspectors work for municipalities in environmental protection tasks. Their duties include monitoring, issuing statements and conducting onsite inspections. The profession requires knowledge of law, precision, the ability to make independent decisions and cooperation skills. 

Municipalities and joint municipal authorities.

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Environmental inspectors must master the legislation and other norms of their area of responsibility and be able to apply them to practice. The profession requires information retrieval skills and the ability to weigh different situations, solve problems and anticipate the possibilities of various disruptions. 

Supervision tasks require precision, care and perseverance. Fluent written expression is required in issuing statements. Environmental inspectors must be able to make decisions. The profession also requires interaction skills and the ability to work independently. 

In bilingual municipalities, sufficient command of Swedish is required. 

The profession requires an applicable university of applied sciences or university degree or other suitable education. At universities of applied sciences, you can complete a Bachelor of Engineering degree. In the field of natural resources, you can complete a Bachelor of Environmental Planning or a Bachelor of Agriculture and Forestry degree, for example. 

At universities, you can complete a Master of Science (Technology) degree in the field of engineering. The related bachelor's degree is a Bachelor of Science (Technology). In the field of natural sciences, you can complete a Master of Science degree. The related bachelor's degree is a Bachelor of Science. 

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An applicable university of applied sciences, university or post-secondary-level degree is required for the position. 

Median salary

3794 €/mo

Private sector

4084 €/mo

Public sector

3714 €/mo

The data is based on the median income, meaning the amount of salary which is the middle of the salary amounts arranged in order of magnitude.

Source: Statistics Finland's structural statistics on wages and salaries