Profile:
Junior geologist
Functions:
The main functions can be schematically summarized as follows:
- support activities on site, i.e. technical consultancy applied to construction engineering (buildings, roads, railways, canals, tunnels, dams, etc.), and to territorial planning and environmental impact assessment;
- support for laboratory activities of analysis of geo-petrological materials
- collaboration in engineering and architecture offices relating to the analysis of Territorial Information Systems.
Skills:
Junior geologists apply their knowledge of applied geology, technical geology, supported by basic knowledge of chemistry, physics, mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry, palaeontology and stratigraphy, sedimentology, hydrogeology, geophysics and geo-informatics for the rational use of land resources and protection, the procurement of renewable energy resources, the enhancement and protection of cultural heritage up to the assessment of geological risks in all environments.
Professional opportunities:
The trained professionals are technicians with competence and operational skills in the following sectors:
- companies, professional geotechnical and geo-diagnostic offices and firms;
- oil research institutes, research of water and geothermal resources, minerals and rocks of industrial interest;
- regional agencies for environmental protection and for finding sustainable energy sources;
- regional agencies for the prevention and mitigation of geological (volcanic, seismic, hydrogeological) and environmental (pollution, urban and industrial waste disposal) risks;
- regional agencies for the enhancement of cultural heritage, or for the management of naturalistic museums;
- ceramic, refractory, ornamental stone, cement, glass and gemmology industry;
- laboratories for the analysis and certification of geological materials;
- Universities and public and private research institutions as qualified technicians