Are you passionate about working outdoors and interested in the management of trees, vegetation and forest ecosystems? The Forest and Natural Areas Management program is a two-year diploma program with a focus on forestry, vegetation management, arboriculture for supporting sustainable community development in both rural and urban environments.

Career opportunities for resource technologists are excellent and projected to remain strong. The program will prepare you for a wide variety of employment opportunities; whether you are interested in working outdoors, indoors or a combination of both.

Graduates work for the municipal, regional, provincial and federal governments, the environmental consulting sector, and various natural resource industry sectors. You will also have your choice of working full time or on a seasonal basis. Working as a natural resource field technologist, you can work anywhere in BC or beyond, and be paid to explore nature by hiking, driving 4x4s and ATVs, boating, or flying in planes and helicopters. Alternatively, you may work as a natural area technologist in a city if a more urban setting is your preference. This new emerging field of “Urban Forestry” includes:

Invasive species management
Arboriculture
Urban interface management
In addition, graduates will be qualified to work in areas of the traditional forestry sector which include:

Forest Measurements and Inventory
Forest Protection and Forest Health
Forest Engineering
Silviculture