CFGS

Higher Technician in Forestry and Natural Environment Management

These studies train you to program, organize, supervise, and, when applicable, carry out forestry and nursery work, controlling and protecting the natural environment and preparing individuals for environmental conservation and improvement, applying quality plans, occupational risk prevention, and environmental protection, in accordance with current legislation. The duration is 2,000 hours, distributed over two academic years (1,485 hours in an educational center and 515 hours (company stay) in a work center). This study replaces the cycle Management and Organization of Natural and Landscape Resources (LOGSE).

Education: Vocational training
Level: Higher degree
Certification: Higher Technician
System: LOE
Professional family: Agricultural
Environment: Agricultural and maritime-fisheries
Code: CFPS ARA0

Hours in company training

Courses

Graduates since 2014

Entrance requirements

You can access higher-level vocational training cycles if you meet any of the following requirements:

Have one of these qualifications: High School - LOGSE High School BUP - Higher vocational training technician or university degree or equivalent - Specialist technician, senior technician or equivalent - Intermediate vocational training technician or technician title or technician in plastic arts and design.

Or, have completed: A professional certificate training offer included in the cycle - A specific training course for access to higher-level vocational cycles - An entrance exam - The second year of any experimental high school modality - The COU or a pre-university course - Have passed the university entrance exam for those over 25 or 45 years old, or have accessed university at 40 or older and accredited work or professional experience.

Subjects

Agronomic botany – Phytopathology – Agricultural topography – Agroforestry machinery and facilities – Environmental education techniques – Management of forest resource utilization – Management and organization of forest nurseries – Game management – Freshwater fishing management – Forest management – Natural environment conservation management – Forest fire prevention – Professional English – Digitalization applied to production sectors – Sustainability applied to the production system – Personal employability pathway I – Personal employability pathway II

Academic outlets

With these studies, you obtain the title of higher technician, which allows access to any official university degree program. People who graduate from a higher vocational training cycle can obtain university ECTS credit validation.

Professional outlets

Completion of this training cycle allows entry into the workforce as: coordinator of fire prevention and extinguishing units – manager of companies that carry out pest and disease control in forests – trainee in topography work – forest foreman – nursery manager, in general – manager of game, fish, and crayfish repopulation – manager of work related to the adaptation of freshwater aquatic habitats and game species – specialized worker in legal control of predators or invasive species – game manager – coordinator of rural surveillance work – manager of hunting and fishing tourism companies – forest agent or similar – park ranger.