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biofuels processing technicians, 48, 50 certification and licensing, 35
geothermal technicians, 32, 35 earnings, 37
green building construction managers, 56, 58 educational requirements, 35
hydrologists, 40, 42 employers, 36
radiation protection technicians, 64, 66–67 information sources, 39
solar voltaic designers, 9, 11–12 job description, 32–35, 33, 36–37
solar voltaic installers, 16, 19 job outlook, 38
wind turbine technicians, 24, 27 personal qualities and skills, 36
electricity Global Positioning Systems, 42
countries generating more than 15 percent of, Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy (Hess), 7
from geothermal energy, 38 green building construction area managers. See
growth potential for generation of, by solar green building construction managers
power, 22 green building construction foremen. See green
interface between geothermal energy and, 34 building construction managers
produced in US by green building construction managers
biomass, 49 advancement opportunities, 61
geothermal energy, 38 apprenticeships, 59–60
hydroelectric stations, 40 basic facts about, 56
produced worldwide by hydroelectric stations, certification and licensing, 58–59
40 earnings, 61
production cost of making solar panel for each educational requirements, 58
watt of, 5 employers, 60–61
El Salvador, 38 information sources, 62–63
employers job description, 56–58, 61
biofuels processing technicians, 52 job outlook, 62
geothermal technicians, 36 personal qualities and skills, 60
green building construction managers, 60–61 green building construction superintendents. See
hydrologists, 44 green building construction managers
radiation protection technicians, 68–69 green building general contractors. See green
solar voltaic designers, 9–10, 13 building construction managers
solar voltaic installers, 16–17, 20–21 green building job site superintendents. See green
wind turbine technicians, 28 building construction managers
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), 4–5 Green Careers in Energy, 11
environmental engineering technicians, 6 green energy. See renewable energy
Esau, Gregory, 57
Hawaii, 7
Ferdinando, Keith, 65, 66, 69 health physics technicians. See radiation
Florida Solar Energy Center, 22–23 protection technicians
Forbes, 29 HeatSpring, 35, 39
fossil fuel industry jobs, 5 Hess, David J., 7
hydrologic engineer. See hydrologists
geoscientists, 6 hydrologists
geothermal construction workers. See geothermal advancement opportunities, 45
technicians basic facts about, 40
Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), 32, 38, certification and licensing, 43
39 earnings, 6, 44
geothermal energy technicians. See geothermal educational requirements, 6, 42
technicians employers, 44
geothermal equipment operators. See geothermal information sources, 46–47
technicians internships, 43
geothermal field technicians. See geothermal job description, 40–42, 44, 45
technicians job outlook, 45–46
geothermal installers. See geothermal technicians personal qualities and skills, 43–44
Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), 39 types of, 41
geothermal technicians
advancement opportunities, 38 Iceland, 38
apprenticeships, 35–36, 37–38 International Association for Environmental
basic facts about, 32 Hydrology (IAEH), 47

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