Environmental Resources Technology Certificate

About this programme

The Environmental Resources Technology Program (ENRT) will prepare graduates to successfully participate in a broad range of exciting careers within the natural resource sector, such as forestry, fish and wildlife technology, rangeland management 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. The first year of the program provides learners with the skill set necessary for data collection work in the field. Learners will gain field skills such as tree and plant identification, navigation skills, mapping skills for use in the field and with geographic information systems, soil identification, resource measurements (distance, heights, slope, diameters and elevation) and fire ecology. Since many learners will work within traditional territories, courses in Ethnoscience and Indigenous case law are key to providing an understanding of the uniqueness and impact that Indigenous people have on the land base. Graduates are qualified to carry out field data collection. Year two of the ENRT program focuses on the various environmental disciplines. Learners take what they learned from the first year and apply that knowledge to solve environmental problems. Forest Surveys and Environmental Assessment Surveys integrate year-one measurement skills into applications that are important for assessing the land base. Courses in Wildlife, Fisheries, Grasslands, E