Here's your chance to protect the environment. 

Through a wide range of activities and courses, you'll be well-prepared to monitor and improve the natural environment. With access to outstanding environmental training facilities and a biological water treatment system, your hands-on training will be an excellent complement to your in-class courses.

Of course, everyone loves the field school in semester three - off-campus - where you put your skills into practice. You'll learn from Fleming professors who have been very active in the field and possess strong backgrounds in several environmental disciplines. For example, they have been involved in local and international projects including stream rehabilitation and the development of a new, natural biological wastewater treatment system in Mexico. These experiences have led to the development of new course content that guides students to investigate new and natural methods of treating wastewater and practical methods of land rehabilitation.

The Environmental Technician program is currently in the process of introducing "learning competencies" into the curriculum. It is anticipated that students will have the opportunity to demonstrate mastery in selected applications/modules and participate in the validation of  these "learning competencies" on an optional basis. Successful completion of these modules will be recognized by the program.

Our Environmental Technician program has achieved accreditation by the Canadian Environmental Accreditation Commission(CEAC), a standing committee of Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada. Fleming College is one of six post secondary institutions chosen to participate in this pilot accreditation process, and one of only three colleges to achieve this program accreditation to date. "ECO Canada accreditation sends a clear signal to industry that graduates of these programs have the desired knowledge and competence to meet growing needs of the environmental sector," says Michael Kerford, Vice President ECO Canada (July 2010).

Career Opportunities

Our graduates have found themselves in a wide range of environmental careers, including:

• watershed technician
• environmental technician
• environmental officers
• special environment "Sector Compliance" team
• groundwater technician
• industrial and municipal water/wastewater plant operators
• soil/terrain specialist
• water quality technician

The employment level is consistently very high with recent graduates finding work across Canada and around the world in the public and private sectors. Employers include government ministries/departments, regulatory agencies, environmental consultants, non-governmental or non-profit organizations, and urban/rural planners.

* Tuition and fees subject to change.

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