Program Details
As an environmental technologist, your work will be dynamic, varied, and deeply meaningful. You may pursue a career that takes you outdoors to conduct critical monitoring, sampling, and surveying. You might work in a lab performing in-depth analyses, in an office compiling data and writing reports, or in a role combining all of these environments. Whether advising organizations on best practices or holding them accountable for poor ones, your contributions will help protect the health of our communities and the planet.
This fast-track program is designed for students who already hold a related post-secondary credential. Over two semesters, you’ll gain extensive hands-on experience and engage in project-based learning that prepares you for advanced roles in the environmental field. You will collect and analyze your own samples, spend approximately 40 per cent of your time in various lab environments, and work directly with advanced field instrumentation. During your labs, you’ll also have the opportunity to meet industry consultants and learn directly from environmental experts.
The Environmental Technology program emphasizes the chemical and biological sciences as they relate to environmental pollution. You will explore topics such as ground and surface water quality, soil and air monitoring, waste management, and recycling in both urban and industrial contexts. The program also examines environmental regulations and their social and economic impacts on communities.
Practical training is central to your learning, with a strong focus on the handling, analysis, and monitoring of a wide range of biological and chemical parameters linked to pollution. You’ll gain first-hand experience in areas such as analytical chemistry, data collection, environmental stewardship and management, instrumental analysis, and microbiology.
Environmental issues continue to evolve, and Durham College is committed to preparing graduates who are ready to lead and respond to the changing needs of our world.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Collect representative environmental samples, perform routine and specialized tests, and interpret results while adhering to standard methods.
- Monitor activities that are potentially harmful to the environment to develop and implement plans for their resolution.
- Collect and analyze biophysical information, including habitat assessments, to suggest restoration opportunities.
- Plan and engage in sustainable activities that promote stewardship of the environment by adhering to Environmental Best Management Practices.
- Comply with applicable standards of professional conduct and principles of ethics in all aspects of one’s work.
- Adhere to occupational/environmental health and safety standards and applicable legislative requirements in all aspects of one’s work.
- Select established processes and protocols of environmental management systems for operational efficiency.
- Participate in project planning, complete project tasks, and provide ongoing support for project management to ensure successful completion of project.
- Document, maintain, and present technical information in various formats according to the purpose and audience.
- Develop and implement strategies for ongoing personal and professional development to enhance performance as an environmental technologist.
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