Course Description
Enhance your environmental field skills with this hands-on course, designed for environmental practitioners at all levels. This hands-on course, designed by SALMTEC, immerses participants in practical fieldwork and multidisciplinary learning. Ideal for recent graduates, new hires, and seasoned professionals alike, the program aims to enhance skills and broaden expertise through direct engagement with Subject Matter Experts.
Biophysical Bootcamp Course Waitlist
If registration for this course is not listed you are welcome to add your name to the waitlist.
If SALMTEC receives enough interest by May 30, 2026, we will contact all waitlisted individuals to poll for preferred dates and availability.
Adding your name to the waitlist—and participating in any availability poll—is not considered a commitment to register.
Training Activities:
- Soil Pits: Digging, coloring, texturing, measuring, and attributing soil profiles.
- Plant Identification: Recognizing and classifying plants using various tools.
- Ecological Land Classification: Applying Alberta’s Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI) in the field.
- ABWRET-A Application: Conducting fieldwork focused on wildlife habitat functions.
Course Format:
- In-Field Training
- Small Groups
- Four Field Modules
- Workbooks Provided
Course Logistics:
- Site Logistics Package Provided
- Transportation Responsibility: Students must arrange their own transportation.
- Food Responsibility: Students need to bring their own food.
- Facilities: A trailer with a washroom and water will be available on-site.
Learning Objectives:
- Plant Identification: Understand the basics, including wetland plants.
- Field Imagery Interpretation: Analyze and interpret imagery in the field.
- Landscape Interpretation: Classify and understand various site types.
- Wildlife Habitat Assessment: Evaluate songbird, raptor, and mammal wetlands using ABWRET-A.
- Soil Profiling: Learn to characterize soil profiles accurately.
Join us to gain invaluable field experience, develop critical skills, and benefit from comprehensive, cross-disciplinary learning opportunities!
Course Leaders
- Amy Griffiths, P Biol, Vegetation Ecologist and GVI Mapper
- Laurie Hamilton, M.Sc., C.E.T., P Biol, Terrestrial and Wetland Ecologist
General Registration Cancellation Policy
- More than one month before the field date (once booked): Full refunds are available, minus a $50 administration fee per registrant.
- Within one month of the field date (once booked): Refunds are not available.
- Transfers: Registrations may be transferred to another individual at any time.
