Vancouver Island University's Natural Resources Extension Program offers applied short courses (1-3 day) and longer-term accredited certificate programs for natural resource professionals. Please see below for a full list of course offerings. You can find out which of these are currently scheduled courses. If your course of interest is not on the schedule, please email NREP@viu.ca for more information.
Certificate Programs
- Environmental Technician Certificate Program (ETCP) (25-day)
- Essential Fisheries Field Skills Certificate Program (EFFS) (10-day)
Riparian
- Riparian Area Regulation (3-day)
Mapping
Environmental
- Erosion and Sediment Control (3-day)
- Environmental Monitoring for Construction (3-day)
- RISC - Archaeological and CMT Inventory Training for Crew Members (5-day)
- Stream-Based Channel Assessments (3-day)
Fisheries
- Electrofishing Certification (2-day)
- Electrofishing Recertification (1-day)
- Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Methods (3 or 5 day)
- Habitat Assessment Methods (3-day)
- Freshwater Fish Identification (2-day)
- Snorkel Survey Methods (2-day)
- Fish Health: Levels 1 - 3
- Level 1: Introduction to Basic Fish Health (5-day)
- Level 2: Practical Fish Health Techniques for Aquaculture and Fisheries Ecology (5-day)
- Level 3: Fish Bacteriology Culture, Screening and Diagnosis (5-day)
Water Quality
Shellfish
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) Awareness (online)
- Collaborative Shellfish Culture for Communities and Other Groups
- Shellfish Aquaculture Workplace Safety and Skills
- Shellfish Water Quality Training
- Environmental Monitoring: Building a Plan for Shellfish Aquaculture
- Starting and Operating a Shellfish Aquaculture Business
- Shellfish Products and Marketing
- Shellfish Tenure Application Process and Federal Permits for British Columbia
- Clam Beach Seeding - Enhancing Productivity
- Shellfish Nursery Systems
- Shellfish Growout Systems
- Clam Beach Survey: Field Methods
- Clam Beach Survey: Data Analysis
- Clam Beach Survey: Techniques for Growers
- Shellfish Harvesting, Processing and Food Safety
Safety Training
- Swift Water Rescue Technician Level 3 (3-day)
- Marine Safety Training (6-day)
- Wilderness First Aid (2-Day)