Forestry Online Exam Preparation Courses

Are you planning to write the British Columbia Registered Forest Technologist or Registered Professional Forester Exam?   We can help!  The College of New Caledonia offers fully online exam preparation courses to get you ready for your exam.

You can complete these courses on your own schedule, working from your home or office. You’ll work in a supervised online environment, covering the exam material, completing online practice activities and discussing forestry issues online with the instructors and other course participants.  No need to miss work or pay for motels and restaurant meals as you would for an out-of-town, face-to-face course.

The courses proceed at a prearranged pace. All weeks cover forestry topics that have a high probability of being included on the Registration Exams. These courses focus both on content and on how to write a good exam answer.

Please note that active participation in these courses is expected. These course is not intended to be an online reading list. Your learning and that of others is greatly enhanced by interaction. In a community of learners we all can benefit from each other.

Maximum student capacity of each course will be 20.

Dates RPF Course: June 27 - August 8, 2011 or December 2011 RFT Course: August 8 - August 28, 2011

 

Registered Forest Technologist (RFT) Exam Preparation Course (50 hours)     

Condensed Registered Forest Technologist (RFT) Exam Preparation Course (30 hours)      

Registered Professional Forester (RPF) Exam Preparation Course (70 hours)      

Instructors

Fees

Registration and Information

Registered Forest Technologist Exam Preparation Course

This five week fully online course will prepare you to write the BC Registered Forest Technologist Exam. We also offer a RFT 3 week program.  See the Association of BC Forest Professionals website to find out if you qualify for the RFT Condensed Course (Conditional Entry).

Course Description

This is a five week course. The first two weeks focus on core topics with the remaining three weeks focusing on professional issues.

Emphasis is on exam writing techniques and exam preparation skills, with a focus on test content and current topics. The topic weeks will run from Sunday till Saturday and will include assigned readings, online discussions, online learning exercises and sample exams. Sample exams will be marked and individual feedback will be provided.

Schedule and Topics:

Week 1: Forest Measurements and Silviculture

Week 2: Forest Operations and Protection

Week 3: Professionalism  / Exam 1

Week 4: Professionalism  / Exam 2

Week 5: Professionalism  / Exam 3

Condensed Registered Forest Technologist Exam Preparation Course

If you are a practicing technologist, then this three week (30 hour) condensed course will help you prepare for your certification exam.  See the Association of BC Forest Professionals website to find out if you qualify for the RFT Condensed Program (Conditional Entry).

Course Description

This is a 3 week course.  Each topic will run 1 week from Sunday till Saturday and will include assigned readings, online discussions, online learning exercises and sample exams. Emphasis is on exam writing techniques and exam preparation skills, with a focus on test content and current topics. Sample exams will be marked and individual feedback provided.

Schedule and Topics:

Week 1: Forest Measurements and Silviculture

Week 2: Forest Operations and Protection

Week 3: Professionalism  / Exam 1

Registered Professional Forester Exam Preparation 

This seven week RPF online exam preparation course will prepare you to write the Registered Professional Forester exam.

Course Description

This is a seven week course. The first four weeks focus on “core” topics. These topics typically show up on the Registration Exam and they are the “bread and butter” concerns of forestry in BC. The final three weeks deal with the “hot” issues of the day (bark beetles, First Nations, softwood lumber etc.). Coupled with each of these topics is a professionalism component exploring what it means to be a professional forester.

A typical topic week runs from Sunday till Saturday and includes assigned readings, online discussions and online learning exercises. Emphasis is on exam writing techniques and exam preparation skills, with a focus on test content and current topics.

During weeks 3, 5 & 7, participants are expected to complete a sample exam in a single two hour sitting and submit it by email for marking. After being marked by the instructor, the exam questions are open for discussion. Individual feedback will be provided.

Schedule and Topics:

Week 1: AAC and Timber Supply

Week 2: Tenure and Valuation

Week 3: Planning, Operations, SFM  / Exam 1

Week 4: Enforcement, Ministry Roles, Professionalism

Week 5: Hot Topics, Professionalism  / Exam 2

Week 6: Hot Topics,  Professionalism

Week 7: Hot Topics, Professionalism  / Exam 3

Instructor

Alistair Schroff, RPF.

Alistair Schroff lives and works in the Burns Lake area of the Central Interior, where he has gained experience in a variety of forest management activities from planning to harvesting and silviculture over the past eleven years. He has been involved in management of varying tenures including private land, woodlots, a community forest, and forest licenses. Alistair is both a registered professional forester and registered professional biologist in the province of BC. This is Alistair's third year as an instructor of on-line registration exam preparation courses.

 Fees 

Registered Professional Forester (70 hours)  $612.00 + $5.20 technology fee 

Registered Forest Technologist (50 hours)    Not offered in 2011 

Registered Forest Technologist - Condensed (30 hours)  $311.10 + $5.20 technology fee 

 

Registration and More Information

 
Call (250) 692-1700, extension 753 to register for any of the above courses.

OR

Fax the Forestry Registration Form to (250) 692-1750.

Sponsorship Agreement Form(pdf)

Method of Payment

1.  Send your credit card information (Visa or Mastercard) by fax to (250) 692-1750, or phone (250) 692-1700.

2.  Send your cheque or money order by mail to the College of New Caledonia, Lakes District, Box 5000, Burns Lake, BC  V0J 1E0.

3.  For payment in person, please see us at 545 Highway 16 West, Burns Lake, BC.

4.  For invoicing to employer or sponsoring agency, please complete the Sponsorship Agreement Form.

Refund Policy

Full refund if course is cancelled by CNC, or if student withdraws on or prior to the course payment deadline.
 

For more information, call  250-692-1700 (toll free 1-866-692-1943) or fill in the online Program Interest Form.

You can also reach us by email lksdist@cnc.bc.caor fax (250-692-1750).

 

Updated November 29, 2010