Continuing Education

Maritime College of Forest Technology — Continuing Education offers professional courses for working professionals to get certifications that might be needed from their employers. These courses are not just for students; they are open to the public and anyone can sign up for a course. 

2024 nova Scotia Watercourse Alteration Certification workshops

Sizers Certification 

Planning, design, drainage area/basin delineation, calculations component 

 COURSE DATES:  

February 10th-12th, 2025             REGISTRATION 

Installers Certification 

Execution of plan, the in-stream work component

 Course Dates:

February 12th-14th, 2025    REGISTRATION 

Spruce-Pine-Fir Kiln Operator Course with Peter Garrahan & Vincent Lavoie

• Quality Drying of S-P-F for Dimension Lumber and other End Uses: Conventional & High-Temperature
• This course will provide a thorough review of the basic principles invovled in lumber drying.
• Emphasis will be on drying S-P-F for dimension lumber.
• The course is designed for new or experienced kiln operators, quality control personnel, and their immediate supervisors. It is also open to anyone else who feels they would benefit from a better understanding of hte factors that affect a drying operations productivity and profitability.

COURSE DATE: June 2025

Introduction to LiDAR: Productive use, ground trUTHING & enhanced forest inventory (EFI) WITH JIM BOWEN & Riley Côté-DeMerchant

• How LiDAR works
• What can LiDAR do for you?
• Understanding and using LiDAR-delivered products
• Various tools
• Practical exercises
• What is enhanced forest inventory?
• Ground truthing

To be announced

Wetland Delineation Training with Ryan Power, Greg Quinn & Derrick Mitchell

Topics Covered:

• Regulatory Requirements
• Wetland Definition – Review of Wetland Parameters
• NB’s Wetland Delineation Protocol
• Field Data Collection Techniques
• Wetland Delineation Data Sheet
• Problematic Conditions
• Coastal Wetland
• Floodplain Wetland
• Impact of Anthropogenic Activities

This course is designed for professional/technical graduates of a forestry, biology or environmental science program. There will be some required reading and study prior to attending. You should have some familiarity with plants, soils, hydrology, and wetlands.

This course, along with formal education in the above noted areas, and technical experience under a senior wetland delineator is required for a new wetland delineator to be added to the provincial Wetland Delineators Public List unless related education and/or experience can be demonstrated on a case-by-case basis. Refer to the Provincial Protocol for Wetland Delineation or Contact the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government: WAWA@gnb.ca / Phone: (506)457-4850, for more information.

Course: July 2025    

ATV Safety training

Make this training part of your safety program

Our course and instructors are Canada Safety Council Certified.

If you cannot provide your own ATV, we can rent one to you.

This is a full day of hand-on training. You will start with a safety briefing, followed by multiple training sessions in our training field, culminating in a group trail ride in the beautiful UNB Forest.

Course: October 22nd, 2024

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OUTDOOR COUNCIL OF CANADA FIELD LEADER TRAINING (HIKING)

This course offers a systematic approach to planning and managing a hiking activity for one day.

Upon completion, this course will certify you as a Field Leader for one-day events held in 3 seasons in Class 1 terrain.

2024 Workshops
New Brunswick Watercourse Alteration Certification /
Certification en modification des cours d’eau et des terres humide pour la province du NB

Designers Certification

This course is designed for people who plan and directly supervise the watercourse alterations. The focus is on results rather that methods and accountability rather than approval. Completing this training and subsequent exam will allow the participant to size and install culverts, single-span bridges, carry out erosion protection projects using rip-rap and/or biotechnical products, and carry out timber harvesting under site-specific certification permits.

Course Dates:

These courses will be instructed in French in Bathurst

Spring, 2025         

These courses will be instructed in English in Fredericton

December 9-13, 2024  SOLD OUT    Registration Closed 

Installers  Certification 

This course is designed for people who will be present on the work site managing water movement and mitigating erosion and water pollution.  Although experience in culvert and bridge installation is a definite benefit, it is not mandatory to attend the course.

COURSE DATES:

These courses will be instructed in French in Bathurst

Spring, 2025                        

These courses will be instructed in English in Fredericton

To be Announced

Please click here for more information regarding the differences between the above courses.

SNOWMOBILE SAFETY TRAINING

Make this training part of your safety program

Our course and instructors are Canada Safety Council Certified.

If you cannot provide your own Snowmobile, we can rent one to you.

This is a full day of hand-on training. You will start with a safety briefing, followed by multiple training sessions in our training field, culminating in a group trail ride in the beautiful UNB Forest.

READ MORE |To be announced