Careers for Graduates with a Degree in Geology

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Careers for graduates with a degree in geology ironically enough can be found all over, and under, the earth’s surface. While some careers for graduates with a degree in geology may require an advanced degree in a related field, there are many careers for graduates with just a bachelors degree in geology. With a world constantly in need of increased energy, mineral and water resources, graduates with a degree in geology will find opportunities in their field of study will be competitive but certainly available.

Government Jobs Taken together, the largest concentration of careers for graduates with a degree in geology is likely to be found within the many bureaus, agencies and departments of the United States government or comparable departments of state and municipal governments.

Within the United States Government, graduates with a degree in geology can find career opportunities in places as diverse as the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service as well as countless government offices in between. Graduates with a degree in geology, in fact, can locate careers in any government office that needs specialists who have studied the composition of the earth and the many processes it continually undergoes.

It should be no surprise then that graduates with a degree in geology can find careers with the Army Corps of Engineers or state agencies whenever a well is being drilled, a bridge is being designed or a highway is being rerouted. Whenever large scale action is being taken that will effect the land formation or will rely upon the stability of the land formation government agencies are likely to want a a graduate with a degree in geology on board to advise them of the safety and environmental issues involved in the proposed plan.

What is surprising is that graduates with a degree in geology are also wanted to fill careers in national parks across the country. If the graduate with a degree in geology enjoys working outdoors and instructing visitors in the history of the landforms around them there are career opportunities to be pursued in many national parks . Some national parks with outstanding geological features like Grand Canyon, Zion or Crater Lake national parks may employ a comparatively large number of graduates with a degree in geology but even smaller national parks have need of naturalists and park rangerswho can talk with authority about the history of the park and its evolving land forms. These are careers well suited to graduates with a degree in geology.

Private Industry In today’s energy driven world, the pressure for new sources of fuel seems only to be growing by leaps and bounds. Wealthy nations continue to place huge demands on existing resources while less developed nations try to break into the modern world by tapping reserves for their own use. In all of these efforts, there are many careers for graduates with a degree in geology. Employed by oil and natural gas conglomerates, graduates with a degree in geology put their education to use probing the earth’s surface, searching out new sources of gas and oil and helping engineers to safely extract what is discovered.

But there are other sources of power, energy and wealth as well. Geologist are employed by companies attempting to discover other natural resources. Graduates with a degree in geology can help industrialists determine the value of pursuing a mining interest by making an assessment of the value of its contents. Graduates with a degree in geology are also employed by industries that use water power and help to conduct studies that will keep industrial development safe and with in EPA guidelines.

Construction companies also offer careers to graduates with a degree in geology. Any companies whose business depends for its success upon the moving of large amounts of earth and rock needs the services of people professionally trained to determine the effect of such actions and to predict the long term results of major changes in a land area. These kinds of tasks are often passed along to graduates with a degree in geology.

Because of their pivotal position in industry, graduates with a degree in geology are often well payed for their expertise. On th down side travel may be involved and projects are seldom of the employees choosing.

Self Employed Consultant For those who choose to be on their own, select their own projects and move about at their own discretion working as a self employed consultant has a definite draw. Graduates with a degree in geology have knowledge in a very specific area but it is an area that effects many different types of projects. Geologists have a highly marketable skill.

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