Hey all,
For context I’m 26, live in Ontario Canada and I do not like my job very much. I graduated with a BA in resource management back in 2022, and have been working full time since then.
The last two years of university I was an environmental tech during the summers doing site inspections, compaction and concrete testing etc.
After graduation I got a paid internship at a provincial ministry doing land management. (2022-2023)
Since 2023 I’ve been working as an environmental planner for an engineering consulting firm and I honestly thought there would be more field work. I miss it. I managed to talk my way into going to a remote site last summer to do contamination cleanup and worked with a bunch of EITs who were talking about their jobs and the day to day and it was like my eyes got opened for the first time to the fact that what I want from my job, environmental engineering offers.
So my question is basically, how do I get there? Would any of my courses (Stats, physics, earth science etc) from my degree be transferable? Or would I be starting from scratch? Does anyone have experience starting in another job, then switching to engineering?
Thanks for any help