Environmental and Wildlife Management

Code	145.C0
Diploma	DCS
Sector	Land Use Planning and the Environment
Number of credits	91 2/3
Approximate duration in months	36 months
Status	Program approved in 2006.

Note(s)
This program is offered in French: Techniques de bioécologie

Program Objectives

The aim of the Environmental and Wildlife Management program is to prepare students to practise the occupation of environmental and wildlife technician mainly in the fields of applied research, planning and education in the natural environment with a view to promoting conservation, the sustainable and rational use of natural resources as well as the sound and integrated management of natural environments and their biodiversity. The concept of natural environment, which forms one of the cornerstones of this program, is defined as the terrestrial, freshwater and saltwater ecosystems in a territory, as well as water, air, soil, plant and wildlife resources.

Environmental and wildlife technicians are employed in a variety of fields, the primary one being applied research. As part of a multidisciplinary team and under the supervision of a researcher, technicians work as assistants responsible for a variety of tasks, including taking censuses in the natural environment, organizing and managing the logistical aspects of the research, both in the field and in a lab, performing certain lab analyses as well as conducting experiments.

Research activities are aimed at the rational use of natural resources in a given territory. Such a territory may include protected areas, as well as recreational, agricultural, forest, urban and periurban areas. Environmental and wildlife technicians may be called upon to perform their duties in any or all of these areas.

Length of training

Specific (hours)	Total (hours)
2 040	2700

Total length of training includes general training that is common to all programs for 420 hours, general training for this program for 150 hours as well as complementary general training courses for 90 hours.

Duration of training consists of theory and lab work for courses; personal time that the student invests is excluded.

Program Content

Number or Code	Statement of the Competency
043W	To establish the profile of a situation using statistics.
0448	To analyze the occupation.
0449	To analyze the dynamics of the physical components of a natural environment and the organisms that inhabit it.
044A	To use digital and computer technologies on the job.
044B	To describe the abiotic components of a natural environment.
044C	To carry out laboratory analyses.
044E	To convey scientific information.
044F	To analyze how microorganisms live in and adapt to their environment.
044G	To analyze how fungi and plants live in and adapt to their environment.
044H	To analyze how animals live in and adapt to their environment.
044J	To culture and maintain organisms.
044K	To plan the technical and logistical aspects of an applied research project.
044L	To work in a team.
044M	To use a variety of field equipment.
044N	To apply health and safety measures.
044P	To apply wilderness survival techniques.
044Q	To describe the biotic components of a freshwater and saltwater environment.
044R	To describe the biotic components of a terrestrial environment.
044S	To act within the legal and ethical parameters of the field.
044T	To conduct an ecosystemic analysis of a territory.
044U	To apply the scientific approach to problem-solving in a natural environment.
044V	To conduct experiments related to a natural environment.
044W	To apply intervention measures in a natural environment.

Number of contact hours allotted to specific training: 2 040

Admission Conditions and Prerequisites

To be admitted to the program, a person must meet the general requirements for admission set out in the College Education Regulations, as well as the following special conditions, where applicable:

Must have passed the following secondary-level course(s):

• Sec. V TS or S – Secondary V Mathematics: Technical and Scientific (564506) or Science (565506) Options
• Sec. V Chemistry – Secondary V Chemistry (551504)

Educational Organizations Offering the Program

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Vanier College	D	More info

Environmental and Wildlife Management

Environmental and wildlife technicians take samples in natural environments and analyze them in laboratories using digital and computer technologies. They compile, process data and produce reports. As part of their duties, they may be required to plan out the logistics of applied research projects. This is a stimulating job that takes place in calm environments. It requires an aptitude for math, science and an interest in laboratory work and environmental issues. This career is suited to meticulous people with good manual dexterity and an analytical mind.