Yukon Fisheries Field Assistant Certificate

About this programme

The Yukon Fisheries Field Assistant Program (Fish Tech) is an intensive classroom and field-based program that gives students the training necessary to find employment in fisheries-related field work. The Yukon Fisheries Field Assistant program (Fish Tech) is an intensive twelve-week course that gives students training for employment in fisheries-related field work. In order to make Fish Tech certification available to a wider group of students, the classroom-based portion is done online. This online portion allows students to complete the classroom component of Fish Tech from community campuses, or other locations with internet access. The course is delivered in two components: The first portion is ten weeks of online learning, followed by a ten-day field camp where the “hands-on” portion of the course will be taught. The course will give students Yukon Fisheries Field Assistant certification as well as electro-fishing certification. It will prepare them to work efficiently, effectively and safely in fisheries restoration and enhancement projects under northern field conditions. Module 1: Introduction to Fish Biology Module 2: Yukon Salmonid Biology Module 3: Yukon Salmonid Biology/Habitat Module 4: Juvenile Fish Identification Module 5: Biological Sampling Techniques Module 6: GPS/Mapping Module 7: Land Claims/Community-based Management Module 8: Bear Awareness Module 9: Lake Fisheries Assessment Module 10: Electro-fishing Module 11: Stock Assessment Module 12: Stream Crossings and Fish Migration Module 13: Fish Habitat Assessment Techniques Module 14: Fish Habitat R