Environmental Technician – Field And Laboratory (co-op) in Niagara College, Canada

Environmental Technician – Field And Laboratory (co-op) in Niagara College

Are you passionate about environmental conservation and a career where you can make a meaningful impact on the world?

As an Environmental Technician graduate you will work in the field and lab to protect and preserve environmental wetlands, water supplies and other natural habitats.

Highlights

• Gain hands-on experiential training working on a 125-acre campus that features living and environmental labs comprised of 15 acres of student-restored wetlands and Canada’s first nationally recognized postsecondary wildlife sanctuary.

• Gain practical experience via a co-op work term through our partnership with the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority and environmental applied research opportunities with government and industry partners.

• Graduate with additional credentials: Drinking Water Operator (Ministry of the Environment), Canadian Environmental Practitioner in Training (CEPIT), Water Quality Analyst (WQA), and Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians & Technologists (OACETT) certification.

• Graduates can pursue Niagara College graduate certificates in Ecosystem Restoration, Environmental Management and Assessment and Geographic Information Systems – Geospatial Management.

Our Niagara-on-the-Lake campus is the first postsecondary institution in Canada to be recognized as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

Career Opportunities

Graduates can work at diverse locations including community outreach organizations; conservation authorities; environmental labs; and government ministries.

• Biological technologist or technician
• Chemical technologist or technician
• Environmental technician or technologist
• Natural and applied science consultant, policy researcher, or program officer

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