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Bachelor of Applied Science: Environmental Management |
Add to your skill set depending on your major
Reclamation and Remediation:
- remediate sites with contaminated soils and groundwater
- manage reclamation and remediation projects
- conduct phase 1, 2, and 3 environmental site assessments
- write scientific and technical consulting reports
- review case studies in project management and site remediation and reclamation
Monitoring and Environmental Protection:
- manage and monitor water and wastewater in industry
- monitor air emissions and air quality
- conduct environmental compliance inspections on industrial sites
- write scientific and technical consulting reports
- conduct environmental sampling to meet QA/QC standards
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Environmental Sciences Diploma: Conservation and Restoration Ecology Major |
Applied Skills in CARE
You'll master a minimum of 30 applied skills while you're in the CARE program.
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- plant identification and keying
- restoration techniques
- ecological inventories
- weed management techniques
- soil classification
- soil reclamation strategies
- ecological field sampling
- weed identification
- air photo interpretation
- map reading
- aquatic sampling
- cumulative effects assessments
- data collection techniques
- spreadsheet writing
- report writing
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mammal, bird, and amphibian identification
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- wetland restoration practices
- terrestrial and aquatic habitat classification
- range and riparian health inventories
- riparian health assessments
- soil conservation and erosion control techniques
- forest measurement techniques
- ecosystem management strategies
- urban conservation planning
- arc view GIS
- land use planning techniques
- environmental field reports
- chemical analysis
- database use
- statistical literacy
- technical writing
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Environmental Sciences Diploma: Environmental Conservation and Reclamation Major |
ECR applied skill include the following:
- phase I and II site assessments
- revegetation techniques
- wellsite reclamation criteria
- risk assessment
- soil fertility
- soil conservation techniques
- soil identification and classification
- soil reclamation strategies
- drilling waste management
- arc view GIS and GPS
- map reading and aerial photography interpretation
- chemical analysis
- plant identification and keying
- weed identification and management techniques
- range ecology and health assessments
- ecological plant inventories and Sampling
- forest measurement techniques
- pesticide applicator certification
- database use and spreadsheet applications
- statistical literacy
- technical writing and communication
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Environmental Sciences Diploma: Water Conservation and Management Major |
Be job-ready with employable skills built on all of the applied skills you'll learn in the water conservation & management program. This includes using:
- field surveys with sampling and monitoring plans to assess surface water, ground water, aquatic habitats and soil quality
- best field practices to prevent harmful changes to aquatic habitats and riparian areas from industrial, oil and gas and other resource development activities
- indentifying aquatic organisms, soils and plants to determine pre and post disturbance site conditions
- advanced techniques in Phase 1 and 2 site assessments for upstream oil and gas, commercial and industrial settings
- introduction to Phase 3 assessment
- remediation field practices to return impacted sites to acceptable condition
- environmental regulations for land and water protection and conservation
See the following table for details.
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Applied Skills
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Field Certificates |
- Spill Response
- Ground Disturbance
- Boat Operation
- ATV
- First Aid and AED
- H2S Alive
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Surface & ground water |
- best field practices when working around water
- stream reach selection and streamflow measurement
- river profile surveying
- stream classification
- interpretation and construction of bathymetric maps
- surface and ground water quality sampling and analysis
- estimation of hydraulic conductivity using slug test and permeameter
- monitoring well network surveying
- monitoring well installation and development
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Aquatic & riparian habitat protection |
- identification and classification of aquatic organisms
- aquatic habitat baseline and impact assessment
- stream crossing (bridge, culvert) assessment
- wetland delineation and classification
- wetland hydrology
- sediment and erosion control methods
- riparian health assessments
- biological diversity monitoring data collection protocols
- biological toxicity testing
- watershed cumulative effects
- site selection for sampling and monitoring
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Vegetation & soil conservation |
- soil identification and classification
- soil monitoring and assessment methods
- plant identification, keying and inventories
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Site assessment & remediation |
- phase I and II site assessments
- introduction to phase III site assessment
- borehole drilling and soil logging
- universal soil classification system
- remediation field practices
- principles of risk assessment
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Solid waster and waste water management |
- wastewater treatment
- municipal waste management
- industrial and hazardous waste management
- drilling waste management
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GPS, GIS and field surveys |
- geographic information systems (GIS)
- interpreting aerial photos
- GPS and compass use for navigation
- reading and interpreting topographic maps and coordinate systems
- geomatic surveying and compass use for field mapping
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Miscellaneous |
- software data management techniques
- spreadsheets
- how to read and interpret environmental laws and regulations
- best management practices for industrial activities that affect the environment
- technical writing and communications
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Environmental Sciences Diploma: Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Major |
- aerial photo interpretation
- aquatic invertebrate identification
- Arc GIS mapping
- ATV & snowmobile operation
- bird identification & songs
- chainsaw safety
- electro-fishing
- fish sampling techniques
- GPS data collection
- map interpretation
- motor boat operation
- orienteering
- plant identification
- radio telemetry
- small engine repair
- soil classification
- timber cruising
- water sampling
- wildlife & fisheries identification
- wildlife sampling techniques
- wilderness first aid
- wilderness survival
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