2002 Swinburne TAFE Handbook - Swinburne University of ...

98 I TAFE Courses I Environmental and Horticultural Sciences
Campus
Healesville; Lilydale; Distance Education/Learning.
Career opportunities
The course provides opportunities for careers in the public and private sector in
forest/park/catchment management; ecotourism; environmental science research;
revegetation/land rehabilitation; hydrography; irrigation/ground water
management; environmental education; sustainable agricultural, forestry, fisheries
and mining site management; and environmental conSUltancy.
Graduates are also eligible for entry into the Bachelor of Applied Science (Natural
Resource Management). Formal articulation arrangements are now established
with Deakin and Melbourne universites.
Course duration
Two years full-time or five to seven years part-time (subject to study load),
involving 1600 hours minimum duration with an additional 8 weeks of practical
work placement. The practical work placement is generally undertaken during
timetable breaks.
Structure
Students undertake a range of core subjects in the first year of study. In the
second year, core and elective subjects are offered, enabling students to
specialise in two of the following streams:
Catchment and Land Management
Forest Management
Fisheries and Wildlife Management
Recreation/Ecotourism
Students are required to complete elective modules totalling 60 points including
at least 25 points in each of two separate streams.
Course subjects
Core Modules
A8D507 DH&S for the Natural Resource Management Industry
NCS005 Dealing with Conflict
NCS 006 Writing Workplace Documents
AAA630 Computer Fundamentals
NCS009 Negotiation Skills
NCS010 Team 8uilding Communications
NCS015 Presenting Reports
NCS018 Dealing with Customers and Clients
NGMS113 Managing Finance - setting & achieving budgets
AAA632 Scientific Database Applications
AAA631 Scientific Spreadsheet Applications
V88335 Orientation to the Natural Resource Management Industry
V88337 Environmental Law
V88336 8iology
AAA724 Ecological Principles
AM725 Ecological Techniques
AM 727 Soil Science
V88338 Geology
V88339 Animal Identification
AAA722 Plant Identification
V88340 Coastal and Catchment Aquatic Management
V88341 Resource Assessment
V88343 Natural Resources Mapping Systems
V88342 Resource Management Planning
1.12A Wildfire 8ehaviour 1
AAA604 Practical Project
V8D193 Work Placement I
V8D250 Work Placement II
Stream Elective Modules
V8E493 Agriculture in Victoria
V88345 Aquatic Science
V8B346 Catchment & Land Management
AAA752 Chemical Laboratory Techniques
AM751 Chemical Principles Conservation
V88347 Court Procedures
VBB348 Cultural Resource Management
VBE495 Farm Forestry
VBB349 Fire in Resource Management
VBB350 Fisheries Management
VBB352 Forest Road Construction & Maintenance
VBB351 Forest Utilisation
VBF405 Habitat Management
VBE496 Habitat Restoration
VBB353 Hydrogeology
VBB354 Hydrography
AAA728 Hydrology
VB8356 Interpretation
VBB344 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
VBB355 Introduction to Wildlife Management
MA641 Laboratory Mathematics
NGMS108 Managing and Organising Work for Goal Achievement
NCS018 Meetings
VBE497 Mining Rehabilitation
VBB357 Pest Animal Management
VBB358 Pest Plant Management
VBJ372 Plant Biology
NCS007 Presenting Information
VBB359 Project Management
VBB360 Recreation & Ecotourism Management
VBB361 Recreation Facilities for Public Land
VBE492 Remote Sensing
VBE498 Rural Revegetation Methods
VBB362 Silviculture 1
VBB363 Silviculture 2
NCS014 Speaking in Public
AAA642 Statistics and Methods of Sampling
VBB364 Weed Identification & Control
2.28 Wildfire Behaviour 2
1.12B Wildfire Suppression 1
2.29 Wildfire Suppression 2
VBF406 Wildlife Survey
Entry requirements
Successful completion of an appropriate Victorian Year 12 or its equivalent, or
mature age. It is strongly recommended that applicants should have completed at
least one VCE unit in each of English, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.
Applicants without these or similar studies may require bridging studies in order
to ensure adequate preparation for the educational objectives of the course.
Preferably, applicants need to show a commitment to natural resource
management by involvement in practical work in a related area.
Application procedure
Applications must be made through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre
(VTAC).
All applicants must contact the Department of Horticulture and Environmental
Sciences to receive further information with regard to a preliminary selection
session.
Swinburne University of Technology I TAFE Handbook 2002