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Note: Boldface page numbers indicate illustrations. Bowe, Julia, 43
Bukoski, Isaac, 43
Accreditation Board of Engineering and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Technology (ABET), 11 apprenticeships for geothermal technicians, 36
Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), 54 career possibilities, 75
agricultural engineers, 6 earnings of green building construction
alternative energy. See renewable energy managers, 61
American Council for Construction Education job outlook for
(ACCE), 58, 62 green building construction managers, 62
American Institute of Constructors (AIC), 62 hydrologists, 45
American Institute of Hydrology (AIH), 43, 46 radiation protection technicians, 70
American Nuclear Society (ANS), 70 solar voltaic designers, 14
American Solar Energy Society (ASES), 15 solar voltaic installers, 22
American Water Resources Association
(AWRA), 47 California, 7, 37
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), career possibilities, 75
30–31 Careers in Renewable Energy (McNamee), 11,
apprenticeships 14, 34, 57
biofuels processing technicians, 51 certification and licensing
geothermal technicians, 35–36, 37–38 geothermal technicians, 32, 35
green building construction managers, 59–60 green building construction managers, 56,
radiation protection technicians, 67 58–59
solar voltaic installers, 20 hydrologists, 40, 43
wind turbine technicians, 27–28 radiation protection technicians, 64, 67
atmospheric scientists, 6 solar voltaic designers, 9, 12
solar voltaic installers, 16, 19–20
Barros, Ana, 42 wind turbine technicians, 24, 27
bioenergy industry, 48–49 civil engineers, 6
biofuels industry, 48–49 clean energy. See renewable energy
biofuels maintenance technicians. See biofuels Clean Jobs America (E2), 8
processing technicians coal mining jobs, 5
biofuels plant operators. See biofuels processing computer programmers, 6
technicians Construction Management Association of
biofuels plant technicians. See biofuels processing America (CMAA), 59, 63
technicians
biofuels processing technicians dam designers. See hydrologists
advancement opportunities, 53 Duke Energy (website), 65
apprenticeships, 51 Duncan, Roger, 14
basic facts about, 48
earnings, 53 earnings, 6
educational requirements, 50 biofuels processing technicians, 48, 53
employers, 52 geothermal technicians, 32, 37
information sources, 54–55 green building construction managers, 56, 61
internships, 51 hydrologists, 40, 44
job description, 48–50, 52 radiation protection technicians, 64, 69
job outlook, 53–54 solar voltaic designers, 9, 13
personal qualities and skills, 51–52 solar voltaic installers, 16, 21–22
biomass energy industry, 48–49 wind turbine technicians, 24, 29
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), 54 educational requirements, 6

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