Environmental Resource Technician Certificate

The Environmental Resources Technology Program (ENRT) will prepare graduates to pursue a broad range of exciting careers within the natural resource sector, such as forestry, fish and wildlife, grasslands ecology and environmental assessment. Students of the ENRT Program will experience the extensive and diverse forests, grasslands and aquatic ecosystems in the Nicola Valley. The program delivery is designed to provide students perspectives in both Indigenous Knowledge and Western science. Graduates of the program will have the knowledge base to prepare them to be employable in many different career paths.

Career Opportunities:

• Band/Tribal Organizations;


• Provincial and Federal Governments;


• Forest, Mining, and Oil and Gas Industries;


• Rangeland Management;


• Private Consulting; and


• Non-Government Environmental Organizations.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Grade 12 graduation or equivalent including a C grade minimum in:

• Foundations of Math 11 or Math 057


• English Studies 12 or English 12 First Peoples, or English 060


• Biology 11 or Life Sciences 11 or Biology 050

The Department Head may, in exceptional circumstances, admit applicants who are lacking certain program admission requirements, provided that the applicant can demonstrate s/he has a good chance of succeeding in the program.

NVIT is committed to ensuring education is accessible to all people. Students who do not meet program requirements should contact the Department Head or an NVIT Academic Planner regarding upgrading opportunities.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY - YEAR 1

The first year of the program provides students with the skill set necessary for data collection work in the field. Students will learn field skills such as tree and plant identification, navigation skills, mapping skills for use in the field and with geographic information systems, soils identification, resource measurements (distance, heights, slope, diameters, and elevation) and fire ecology. Since many students will work within BC First Nations traditional territories, courses in Ethnoscience and Aboriginal case law are key to provide an understanding of the uniqueness and impact that First Nation people have on the land base. Upon completion of the first year of the program, students are granted an Environmental Resources Technician Certificate. This certificate qualifies students to carry out field data collection.

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