Forestry Technician - Conservation Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology

Overview

This two-year Forestry Technician - Conservation program from Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology offers a hands-on, field-oriented approach to learning essential skills in natural resource management.

Test your knowledge on multi-day field trips, collaborate in shared workspaces, and start your natural resource career through a cooperative work placement.

Career

According to every recent employer poll, forestry in Canada is about to face an employment crisis with an insufficient number of trained forestry professionals and workers available as current employees retire. Sault College Forestry Technician - Conservation graduates are sought after by a wide variety of employers hoping to fill the following job types: resource and lands technicians, firefighting technicians, federal and provincial research technicians, photo interpretation analysts, inventory field workers and supervisors, greenhouse supervisors, insect and disease rangers, forest industry scalers, foremen and harvesting supervisors. Our graduates may find work in the forestry sector soon after graduation. A reality of today`s world though is that work will generally be available to new graduates on a contract basis for a few years until your work abilities are demonstrated. The willingness to move throughout Ontario or Canada is a definite asset when looking for a job.

Graduate transfers to BScF degree programs are available at Lakehead University and Michigan Technological University. For more information, and to explore entrance requirements please contact Lakehead University and Michigan Technological University..