Custom Courses

SALMTEC tailors courses for a wide-variety of groups and organizations based on the desired:

  • Level of learning
  • Delivery format
  • Topics
  • Content
  • Participants
  • Outcome

CUSTOM COURSES ALLOW YOU TO:

  • Create standards within large organizations
  • Create a consistent understanding of land management and applied science and technology needs for land use and conservation practices throughout the province
  • Foster an understanding in your group that is narrowly focused
  • Provide your group with self-paced, in-class/in-zoom & field learning format options to meet their needs
  • Immediately onboard new hires and track progress
  • Meet the needs of a variety of audiences:
    • Regulators
    • Policy makers
    • Economic advisors
    • Environmental Management Departments
    • Industry
    • Commercial developers
    • Agri-businesses
    • Not-for-profit/Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs)

Customize:

LEARNING LEVELS

BEGINNER/REFRESHER

INTERMEDIATE

ADVANCED

LEARNING TOPICS

MANAGEMENT

  • Defining Environmental Goals
    • Type of Activity
    • Timing of Activity
    • Location of Activity
    • Land Ownership
  • Determining Regulatory Requirements
  • Assembling Team
  • Scheduling
  • Limitations & Constraints
  • Risk Assessments
    • Species-at-risk
    • Water Act Compliance
  • Project & Environmental Design Team Collaboration
  • Professional Sign-off/Authentication

REGULATORY

  • Alberta Water Act, Wetland Policy, Public Lands Act, EPEA, Wildlife Act, Migratory Birds Convention Act, etc.
  • Biophysical/Environmental Baseline Assessments
  • Wetland Policy-Related
    • Delineation
    • Classification
    • Function
    • WAIR/WAIF
    • Constructed Wetland Design
    • Restored Wetland Design

BASELINE

  • Study Design
  • Biophysical/ Ecosystem Components
    • Climate
    • Hydrology
    • Geology/Surficial Geology
    • Terrain & Soils
    • Vegetation
    • Wildlife
    • Biodiversity
    • Species-at-risk Assessments
    • Connectivity
  • Field Survey Designs
  • Geospatial Analyses
  • Impact Assessments
  • Restoration & Monitoring

GIS/ IMAGERY / DESKTOP ANALYSES

  • Aerial Photo Interpretation
  • Satellite Image Interpretation
  • Permanence
  • Geospatial Datasets
  • Geospatial Analysis
  • Field Survey Designs
  • Soil/Vegetation Mapping & Inventories
  • Preliminary Wetland Delineation
  • Wildlife Habitat Modelling
  • Quantitative Impact Analysis
  • Regional Indicators
  • Constraints Analysis
  • Surface Water Catchment Delineation

FIELD DATA COLLECTION

  • Site Characteristics
  • Drainage & Culvert Identification
  • Water-crossing Documentation
  • Soils & Landform Sampling
  • Vegetation
    • Plant Identification
    • Plant Community Description
    • Weed Density & Distribution
    • Rare Vascular Plants
    • Rare Ecological Communities
  • Wildlife
    • Species surveys
    • Sweeps

IMPACT ANALYSIS

  • Past Land Uses
  • Sensitive Ecosystem Components
  • Project Description & Effects
  • Direct & Indirect Impacts
  • Best Management Practices
  • Mitigation Measures
    • Avoidance
    • Minimization
    • Compensation/Replacement
  • Restoration/Reclamation
  • Monitoring
  • Residual Impacts
  • Cumulative Impacts

LEARNING LOCATIONS

LEARNING FORMATS

In-person field training
In-person classroom
In-person online
Self-paced online videos
Self-paced online quizzes
Self-paced off-line activities

Schedule a one (1) hour consult

Identify group size, availability, background

Select levels, topics, formats, locations

Determine a delivery schedule

Discuss budget and registration process

Approve the course outlines and invoices

Request Custom Course Consult Schedule a custom course consultation to scope your needs!