Coastal Forest Worker Certificate

Admission Requirements

• C in English 10 or equivalent
    
• C in Math 10 or equivalent
    
• Or successful completion of FSK 030  if the above requirements are not met.
• High School graduation is preferred provided the applicant meets or exceeds the stated prerequisites.

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Course Requirements

• CFW - 100 Introduction to Forestry
• CFW - 101 Indigenous Lands
• CFW - 102 Forest Health and Safety
• CFW - 103 Applied Technology & Data Management
• CFW - 104 Plant Identification and Classification
• CFW - 105 Coastal Harvesting Systems
• CFW - 106 Introduction to Timber Cruising
• CFW - 107 Workplace Readiness Skills
• CFW - 108 Principles of Forest Engineering
• CFW - 113 Technical Math for Forestry

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• Note: Students not having current, valid First Aid, WHMIS, Transportation Endorsement, Fire Suppression & Safety, Wildfire Entrapment Avoidance, and Fall Protection certification are required to take these courses to meet program requirements. Separate fees will be charged for First Aid, WHMIS, Transportation Endorsement, Fire Suppression & Safety, Wildfire Entrapment Avoidance, and Fall Protection courses.

• OFA - 010 Occupational First Aid Level 1
• OFA - 015 Occupational First Aid Transportation Endorsement
• FOR - 012 Basic S100 Fire Suppression & Safety
• WFO - 015 Wildfire Entrapment Avoidance

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• One of the following:

• WSF - 019 Orientation to WHMIS Online or
• OFA - 001 WHMIS 2015

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• One of the following:

• WSF - 018 Fall Protection Awareness or
• WSF - 038 Fall Protection

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• In this program, students may participate in field trips to industry specific locations. 

Completion

• You will be required to pass all industry certification courses and maintain an overall average of C or higher, with no more than one C- grade in required program courses, regardless of credit values, to achieve program completion requirements. 
• The Coastal Forest Worker Certificate must be completed within 3 years of admission to the program.
• A minimum of 50% of the program must be completed at North Island College.