These field based courses are face-to-face practical courses for anyone that works or wants to work or volunteer in conservation. They are suitable for volunteers, funding recipients, territorial authority and regional council staff, or members of community groups and trusts. To attend any of these courses you need to enrol with the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT). The courses are delivered and administered by NMIT in partnership with DOC.
Courses offered include:
- 20 x 20 Plots and Reconnaissance Descriptions field course
- First Aid in the Outdoors field course
- Five Minute Bird Count (5MBC) field course
- Foliar Browse Index (FBI) field course
- Plant Identification field course
- Predator Trapping Methods
- Vertebrate Pesticide Control Methods
- Weed Management – principles and best practice
Check the NMIT website for information – Conservation | Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)