Environmental Technician - Protection & Compliance Ontario College Diploma

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Canadore College of Apllied Arts and Technology

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• Objectives
  The Environmental Technician program is designed to create well-trained and diversely skilled graduates who wish to pursue a career in the environmental industry. The job opportunities for a graduate of this program are plentiful on the provincial, national and global scale. A graduate from this program could choose to work in the field, in a laboratory or in an office setting.
• Practical experience
  During your four semesters at Canadore, you are encouraged to participate twice in one-week environmental field camps. Modern cabins and food are included in the minimal cost to attend this five day, four-night field camp. Students apply “hands-on” experience in GPS navigation, GIS technology, obtain Pleasure Craft Operator Card and GPS Greencheck certification, learn about current sustainable forestry practices and perform an aquatic stream assessment and perform an environmental assessment.
• Academic title
  Environmental Technician - Protection & Compliance Ontario College Diploma
• Course description
  SEMESTER ONE:
  BIO 115 Biology for Environmental Protection
  GEO 100 Applied Geomatics
  CHM 110 Chemistry I
  ENV 110 Environmental Industrial Success
  PHY 150 Foundations of Physics for Environmental Studies
      
  SEMESTER TWO:
  MTH 235 Statistics I
  CGE 125 General Education Communication
  CHM 130 Chemistry II
  ENV 125 Ecology
  ENV 214 Earth Science
  PSY 123 Applied Psychology
      
  SEMESTER THREE:
  BIO 121 Environmental Microbiology I
  ENV 203 Environmental Monitoring
  ENV 204 Environmental Chemistry
  ENV 243 Environmental Law
  ENV 235 Environmental Business Management
  MTH 325 Technical Statistics II
      
  SEMESTER FOUR:
  BIO 220 Environmental Microbiology II
  ENV 210 Limnology
  ENV 215 Environmental Technology
  ENV 245 Environmental Project Planning and Management
  ENV 240 Environmental Toxicology
  ENV 260 State of the Environment
  
  Operator in Training Certification (OIT)
  Students who are interested in pursuing a career in water/waste water treatment are prepared to challenge the provincial OIT exam at the end of the fourth semester.
  
  Entry Level Course for Drinking Water Operators
  (Proposed-Pending Approval from the Ministry of the Environment)
  Students who successfully complete this course will have met the requirements of the Ministry of the Environment’s Entry-Level Course for Drinking Water Operators. This course is delivered by Canadore College in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment and the Walkerton Clean Water Centre.
  
  

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