College Diploma - Environmental Technician - Water Resource Management (Optional Co-op)

This two year Ontario College Diploma trains environmental technicians with a water resource focus: water chemistry and microbiology, water and wastewater treatment, environmental sampling and monitoring, hydrology, environmental legislation and laboratory analysis.

The source records an optional co-op placement together with field placement inside the two year structure. Northwestern Ontario, with its lakes, rivers, mines and remote communities, is an unusually relevant field laboratory for this subject and a region with real demand for water expertise.

The college records this program on its PGWP aligned list under CIP code 03.0101. At two years the credential can support a Post Graduation Work Permit of up to three years, as assessed by IRCC for program code 0387, and meets the two year threshold used by the Thunder Bay Rural Community Immigration Pilot for its graduate work experience exemption.

The portal export records entry at Grade 12 / High School with 50 percent, alongside an English profile of IELTS 6 overall and no band below 5.5, recorded against Ontario college program code 0387.0 overall and no band below 5.5. Recorded tuition is CAD 18,813 for the year. Field work requires appropriate outdoor clothing and footwear, which should be budgeted for a northern climate.

Water is a serious regional issue rather than an abstract subject here. Northwestern Ontario contains thousands of lakes, active mining operations with water management obligations, and remote communities with long standing drinking water challenges, which creates demand for technicians who can sample, test and monitor competently. The optional co-op plus field placement recorded inside the two year structure gives students that exposure directly. Graduates typically enter as operator trainees and certify while employed. September starts only are recorded, with a 27 July 2026 deadline for the first cycle.