Use and Conservation of the Natural Environment
Intermediate Vocational Training

Use and Conservation of the Natural Environment

What do you study in Use and Conservation of the Natural Environment?

If you are passionate about nature and want to work actively to protect and manage it, this vocational programme gives you the tools to do so. You will learn to combine technical knowledge with real fieldwork in forests and natural environments.

  • Agronomic principles and plant health to understand how ecosystems work
  • Plant protection control and treatments to safeguard vegetation
  • Reforestation and silvicultural techniques using specialised machinery
  • Wildfire suppression and coordination with other emergency teams
  • Management and conservation of game and fish species
  • Use of chainsaws and forestry processors, and work at height in trees

Upon completion, you will be able to work as a forestry tractor operator, plant protection product applicator, reforestation specialist or tree-climbing technician, among many other roles in the environmental sector.