Who is a soil pedologist

These are some of the activities which soil scientists regularly practice. This work is most often conducted in coordination with other professionals with lesser training and knowledge of soil systems.

Well-trained soil scientists are in high demand for a wide array of professional positions with public agencies or private firms. Here are some specific examples of positions currently held by soil science graduates from just one university over the past 10 years. Most soil scientists have earned at least a bachelor degree from a major agricultural university. At many universities, two choices are available for specialized training in soils.

The Soil Science option prepares students to enter the agricultural sector as farm advisors, crop consultants, soil and water conservationists, or as representatives of agricultural companies. The Environmental Soil Science option prepares soil scientists for careers in environmental positions dealing with water quality concerns, remediation of contaminants or for on-site evaluation of soil properties in construction, waste disposal, or recreational facilities.

Most of the major universities that still have a soil science program now offer soils courses only at the graduate level. Specific qualifications are listed for each vacancy. Search for the job series to find all soil scientist eligible vacancies.

Natural Resources Conservation Service Soils. Stay Connected. Loading Tree Careers in Soil Science What is a soil scientist? What is soil science? What does a soil scientist do? A soil scientist's job may involve: conducting general and detailed soil surveys determining the hydric wetness characteristics of the soil recommending soil management programs helping to design hydrologic plans in suburban areas monitoring the effects of farm, ranch, or forest activities on soil productivity giving technical advice used to help plan land management programs predicting the effect of land management options on natural resources preparing reports describing land and soil characteristics advising land managers of capabilities and limitations of soils e.

Department of Agriculture Research technician Conservation planner District marketing manager for an agricultural firm County conservationist Crop production specialist Research scientist What kind of people become soil scientists?

People that become soil scientists usually have one or more of the following characteristics: love of science enjoy working outdoors enthusiasm for maps and relationships in nature desire to be an integral in environmental decisions related to soil conservation, land use, water quality, or waste management willingness to communicate their knowledge about soils and the environment to all aspects of society hunger for answers to questions and solutions to problems in agricultural and environmental settings desire to contribute to the success of others How do people become soil scientists?

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For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Managing Editor email available below. Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services. Economic literature: papers , articles , software , chapters , books. FRED data. My bibliography Save this article. A soil pedologist is a soil scientist who specializes in a branch of soil science that is concerned with identification, formation, and distribution of soils, which covers soil classification, soil genesis and survey as well as land evaluation.