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Within the area of applied science and engineering several levels of expertise are needed to develop a functioning team. Where people end up depends on their job preferences, education and experience.

There are four levels of expertise that range from more hands-on to more theoretical including apprenticeship, diploma, degree, and graduate degrees.

• Apprenticeships: are entered after high school and allow individuals to develop the skills that required for process development and maintenance.
• Diplomas: technicians and technologists work in a variety of environments and perform a variety of duties. They may work indoor preparing specifications, administrating projects or doing design work. Outdoors they may perform tests or evaluations, supervise site work or run equipment.
• Degrees: degree holders are often in administrative roles, having responsibility for project design and supervision. Applied degree holders are a new category of degree holder who is able to work at a theoretical and supervisory level and has practical experience with equipment, how it runs and what it is capable of doing.
• Graduate degrees: are those who work at a highly theoretical level and focus on pure science.

With Seneca College's Bachelor of Applied Technology 4 Year Program: INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SITE REMEDIATION (IESR), the following carrers are enabled:

• Consulting specialist in brownfield redevelopment
• Municipal decision-makers on contaminated property
• Urban planning experts on site remediation
• International development participants
• Associates of property management and urban land development organizations
• and more...