Occupations/13-1041.03

Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers

Monitor and evaluate compliance with equal opportunity laws, guidelines, and policies to ensure that employment practices and contracting arrangements give equal opportunity without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

69%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

49%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

50%

Mixed exposure

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Interview persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to verify case information.

  • Task

    Investigate employment practices or alleged violations of laws to document and correct discriminatory factors.

  • Task

    Prepare reports related to investigations of equal opportunity complaints.

The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.

Core tasks

  1. 01Investigate employment practices or alleged violations of laws to document and correct discriminatory factors.
  2. 02Prepare reports related to investigations of equal opportunity complaints.
  3. 03Interview persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to verify case information.
  4. 04Study equal opportunity complaints to clarify issues.
  5. 05Interpret civil rights laws and equal opportunity regulations for individuals or employers.
  6. 06Meet with persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to arbitrate and settle disputes.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.00
  • Degree of automation2.34
  • Time sitting4.74
  • Originality (ability)2.88
  • Conflict situations3.68
  • Hands-on objects/tools2.48
  • Outdoors / weather1.46
  • Disease exposure1.11
  • Decision freedom4.49

Top abilities

  • Written Comprehension4.38
  • Oral Comprehension4.25
  • Written Expression4.12
  • Problem Sensitivity4.12
  • Oral Expression4.12
  • Inductive Reasoning4.12
  • Speech Recognition4.00
  • Deductive Reasoning4.00

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.12
  • Active Listening4.25
  • Writing3.88
  • Speaking4.00
  • Mathematics2.50
  • Science1.62
  • Critical Thinking4.00
  • Active Learning3.75
  • Learning Strategies3.00
  • Monitoring3.38

CIP matches

03.0103Environmental Studies03.0104Environmental Science03.0208Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services03.0209Energy and Environmental Policy30.4101Environmental Geosciences43.0121Suspension and Debarment Investigation51.0717Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician51.0720Regulatory Science/Affairs51.2213Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality52.1001Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General52.1002Labor and Industrial Relations

Schools offering related programs

12 of 94 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician

51.0717

$65,40012%95%

1 yr $69,338

2 yr $70,176

Bachelor's · CIP 51.07

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$60,1004%96%

1 yr $66,536

2 yr $53,168

Master's · CIP 03.01

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$14,80011%93%

1 yr $63,749

2 yr $59,124

Bachelor's · CIP 03.01

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$68,2004%96%

1 yr $59,288

2 yr $56,776

Master's · CIP 03.01

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX · Public

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$14,60065%73%

1 yr $57,318

2 yr $48,432

Master's · CIP 03.01

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA · Public

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$8,20077%71%

1 yr $51,607

2 yr $48,041

Bachelor's · CIP 03.01

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Public

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$13,8009%92%

1 yr $46,846

2 yr $46,673

Bachelor's · CIP 03.01

Minnesota State University-Mankato

Mankato, MN · Public

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$9,70071%62%

1 yr $45,500

2 yr $43,798

Bachelor's · CIP 03.01

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$15,20024%87%

1 yr $44,737

2 yr $41,565

Bachelor's · CIP 03.01

Winona State University

Winona, MN · Public

Suspension and Debarment Investigation

43.0121

$10,50077%67%

1 yr $44,021

2 yr $41,058

Bachelor's · CIP 43.01

St Cloud State University

St. Cloud, MN · Public

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$9,60095%56%

1 yr $42,682

2 yr $33,565

Bachelor's · CIP 03.01

Houston Community College

Houston, TX · Public

Environmental Studies

03.0103

$4,300100%24%

1 yr $42,682

2 yr $36,848

Bachelor's · CIP 03.01