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Get practical training in geoscience with a focus on local resource and environmental needs. Our degree programs offer a mix of college-transfer and technical courses, taught by experienced faculty. Mandatory internships provide valuable job experience. Perfect for those with strong lab, mechanical, electronic, or surveying skills and limited math aptitude. Explore employment opportunities as an hydrologic technician, sampling technician, drilling technician, and more.
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2YC Technical Training Alternate Path to a Geoscience Career
Characteristics • Focus on local natural resource or environmental needs • Degree programs with both college-transfer and technical courses • Faculty have practical experience • Mandatory internships • Both A.A.S. degrees and Certificates
For Students With: • An urgent need for job experience or income • Strong mechanical, electronic, surveying or lab skills • Limited education or aptitude in advanced math • Strongly place-bound career objectives
Employment Opportunities • USGS or state/localhydrologic technician • Water, soil or waste sampling technician • Well logging specialist • Well drilling/sampling technician • Mapping/site assessment assistant • Regulatory compliance specialist
Natural Resource Focus • Water Resource Monitoring – surface and groundwater • Austin Community College • Spokane Community College • Mining / Mining Technology – underground & surface • College of Eastern Utah • Southeastern Illinois College • Southwest Virginia Community College • Oil and gas Technology – drilling, logging & production • Casper College • Houston Community College
Environmental Focus • Erosion and Sediment Control • Austin Community College • Land or Water Management • Colorado Mountain College • Environmental Science / Technology – site assessment, sampling, health & safety • Central Wyoming College • Delaware Technical & Community College