Natural Resources - Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES - Practical Nursing Program

Natural Resources from Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES - Practical Nursing Program is a Campus Certificate Natural Resources degree that prepares you for a Science career. Natural Resources are the materials that occur in nature and are essential to humans, such as soil, water, air, land, forests, fish and wildlife. Students in this program work at managing these resources with a variety of tools and techniques. Skills learned in this program would apply to careers in forestry, logging and sawmill operation, landscape, and wildlife management. Students will work with many different types of equipment and will become familiar with the safe operation and maintenance of chainsaws, tractors, backhoes, skid steers, trucks and bulldozers. Class time revolves around a variety of natural resource projects including pond conservation, logging road construction and maintenance, forest and logging operations, firewood production, landscape installation and construction, raising fish, conservation planting and deer food plots, tree climbing and care and establishing property boundaries. Major Topics of Study: Forest and Wildlife Management; Landscape and Nursery Operation; Earth-moving Equipment Operation and Maintenance; Grounds and Property Management; Maintenance Practices; Basic Surveying; Lumber Grading; Maple Syrup Production; Tree Climbing and Surgery; Plant, Soil and Aquatic Sciences. Career Opportunities: Timber Production and Harvesting, Grounds keeping, Landscaping, Golf Course Management, Arborist, Nurseryman, Education, Wildlife or Forestry Technician, Logger, Sawyer, Surveyor, Construction, Equipment Operator, Outdoor Recreation, Military. View more details on Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES - Practical Nursing Program . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Natural Resources courses.