Career Advice

[btree]

Hi there all,

I'm looking at going back to school to take either a Fisheries Diploma or a Forestry Diploma.

My goal is to get into either Conservation and Habitat stuff, or Compliance and Enforcement. I dont mind working for either government or the private sector, but I'd like to be about 50/50 field to office work for the first while and certainly have full time instead of seasonal work.

I'd also like to be involved in water use, watershed management or fish/water/wildlife related stuff.

I'm just concerned that despite the retirement crunch that there might not be a job for me right out of school no matter which of the two I do.

I've emailed the people in both program options to which I've been accepted about job prospects and of course both paint a rosy picture. Waiting for some feedback from Stantec and a couple other big firms on what their advice would be.

Basically I'm leaning towards fisheries, but am really worried that I'll be stuck chasing seasonal contracts for a few years and I dont want that at all! I also have seen some postings that seem water use/fish/watershed related that want people with a forestry background and not a fisheries background...

I want to have my options open. If I went into Forestry, I'd go silviculture and try to slide my way into stuff around water quality and fish and wildlife related stuff...

any who. If anyone has a crystal ball or some insider news to share that would be great.

thanks

[ThaSandman]

Did you get my PM about the Environmental Technology Program at Camosun?

[btree]

Yes! thanks, it sounds much like what I'm interested in.
I'm going to look into applying late and see if there is room for me.

I applied to the RMOT program at VIU (Malasapina) but I didnt get in