Environmental Science

The Centre offers the following training programs:

  • Conservation and Land Management
  • Conservation Earthworks
  • Environmental Practice
  • Environmental Science (Management)
  • Laboratory Operations
  • Waste Management
  • Pest Management

Land management and conservation increasingly attract attention from industry and employees wishing to update or improve their skills.

Course topics include harvesting and recycling water, constructing earthworks to control flooding and erosion, and combating salinity.

Our waste management is also training is also popular with industry. From farming to chemical manufacture, every industry generates waste, and its safe disposal and re-use is no longer confined to the waste management industry. Today all industries and practitioners must take responsibility, and training in this area is in increasing demand.

We also offer several specialised short courses relevant to the Pest Management industry including:

Pest Awareness, Structural IPM, Bed Bugs, Rodents, Cockroaches, EHB, Weed ID, Site Assessment, Stored Product Pest, Feral Birds (incl. Alphachloralose).

For more information on getting training for your business or employees, please contact:

Pascaline Owers,  Program Manager Sustainable Development 
Tel. (+61 8) 9229 8403; Fax. (+61 8) 9310 6264 
Email: pascaline.owers@challengertafe.wa.edu.au

More information on current courses is available from our course information centre on 9239 8189 or 1800 001 001.