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 courses are currently scheduled for delivery by checking here. 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 & Sediment Control (3-day)
- Environmental Monitoring for Construction (3-day)
- RISC - Archaeological & CMT Inventory Training for Crew Members (5-day)
- Stream-Based Channel Assessments (3-day)
Fisheries
- Electrofishing Certification (2-day)
- Electrofishing Recertification (1-day)
- Fish & 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 & Fisheries Ecology (5-day)
- Level 3: Fish Bacteriology Culture, Screening & Diagnosis (5-day)
Water Quality
Shellfish
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) Awareness (online)
- Collaborative Shellfish Culture for Communities & Other Groups
- Shellfish Aquaculture Workplace Safety & Skills
- Shellfish Water Quality Training
- Environmental Monitoring: Building a Plan for Shellfish Aquaculture
- Starting & Operating a Shellfish Aquaculture Business
- Shellfish Products & Marketing
- Shellfish Tenure Application Process & 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 & Food Safety
Safety Training
- Swift Water Rescue Technician Level 3 (3-day)
- Marine Safety Training (6-day)
- Wilderness First Aid (2-Day)