Continuing Education
Browse our training & certification courses and workshops here, or contact Continuing Education using the information below.
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.
Contacting Continuing Education
Chris Finnamore, CFT– Coordinator of Continuing Education
Email: ce@mcft.ca
Telephone: (506) 458-0649
Fax: (506) 458-0652
Workshops
nova Scotia Watercourse Alteration Certification workshops
Sizers Certification
Planning, design, drainage area/basin delineation, calculations component
4 SPOTS REMAINING
COURSE: NOVEMBER 20 – 22, 2023
Installers Certification
Execution of plan, the in-stream work component
SOLD OUT
NEXT COURSE: February 2024
READ MORE | REGISTRATION COMING SOON
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: TO BE ANNOUNCED
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
BEAR SAFETY & AWARNESS
- Understanding the dangers that exist in and around woodlands with respect to bears.
- Demonstrate and practice the procedures to help avaoid contact with bears.
- Show and demonstrate appropriate safety actions to take when confronted by bears.
Course : POSTPONED
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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: Dates to be Announced
Chainsaw safety, operation & maintenance certification
Topics covered:
- safety requirements & safe operating techniques
- maintenance & troubleshooting (a well-maintained saw is a safe saw)
- filing & understanding chain design
- work techniques:
- directional felling
- limbing
- bucking
Course: October 31 – November 2, 2023
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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 16, 2023
Wetland Ecosystems Services Protocol Atlantic Canada (WESP-AC) Training Course WITH Dr. PAUL ADAMUS et al.
Topics Covered:
- What is WESP-AC
- Regulatory Requirements
- WESP-AC Protocal
- WESP-AC Assesment & Forms
- Tidal Wetland
- Non-tidal Wetland
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 familiarity with plants, soils, hydrology, and wetlands.
This course will be included in professional credentials of wetland delineators added to the provincial Wetland Delineators Public List. Refer to the Wetland Delineation Course information, the provincial WESP-AC Fact Sheet, or contact the New Brunswick Department of Envirronment and Local Government: WAWA@gnb.ca / Phone: (506)457-4850, for more information.
SOLD OUT
Course: October 19th Virtual Session
October 24-26 In Person Training
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To receive the WESP-AC certificate, participants must attend the Full virtual session and the field session
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.
Returning in 2023
2023 Workshops
New Brunswick Watercourse Alteration Certification /
Certification en modification des cours d’eau et des terres humide pour la province du NB
Designers Certification
Become a certified watercourse professional in New Brunswick with this training.
Course: December 4 – 8, 2023
Installers Certification
Execution of plan, the in-stream work component
COURSE : To Be Announced
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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
