The Land Agent Diploma program prepares graduates for career opportunities in the oil and gas, resource, and utility sectors as well as environmental and government agencies. Students acquire critical skills which prepares them to work effectively and negotiate with landowners and facilitate the acquisition of land selected for well sites, pipeline routes, highways and utilities. Hands-on training in the classroom, lab and field work are important features of the program.

Prerequisites

• High school transcripts indicating 65% (C+) or better in Grade 11 English (NOTE: transcripts indicating B or better in English 12 are required for ENGL 110 Introduction to Workplace Communications as per the course requirements of the Land Agent program), Grade 11 Math (Foundations of Math 11), and Biology 11 (NOTE: successful completion of the Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources (BEAHR) program or equivalent can be substituted for the Biology requirement);

OR

• 65% (C+) or better in Career and College Preparation courses: English 040 Advanced English (NOTE: transcripts indicating B or better in English 050 Provincial English are required for ENGL 110 Introduction to Workplace Communications as per the course requirements of the Land Agent program), Math 040 Advanced Algebraic Mathematics, Biology 040 Advanced Biology (NOTE: successful completion of the BEAHR program or equivalent can be substituted for the Biology requirement);

OR

• Successful completion of a technical diploma;

OR

• Successful completion of the Land Agent Bridging Certificate

OR

• If the above criteria are not met, or at the discretion of Land and Resource Management department representatives, the applicant may be required to complete relevant sections of the Canadian Adult Achievement Test (CAAT) and/or complete the Writing Assessment (WA). In this case, applicants must:
- Achieve a Grade 11.9 Level in all Math, English and Science sections on the CAAT;
- Achieve a minimum index level on the Writing Assessment (WA) allowing entrance into English 099 Foundational Writing and subsequently meet the requirements to enter ENGL 110 Introduction to Workplace Communications as per the course requirements of the Land Agent program.
(Note: For any applicant not meeting any of the above entrance requirement options, an interview with a Land and Resource Management Department instructor will be arranged to discuss options, including entering the Land Agent Bridging Certificate or rewriting the CAAT and/or WA.)

AND

• Attend an information session with a Land and Resource Management Department instructor which will include discussion of transcripts or entrance exam results, what is required to be successful in the program and what to expect in the program.

The Land Agent program is delivered using a combination of face-to-face and distributed delivery, including online and video-conferenced course offerings.

Campus

Fort St. John

Starts September

For more information visit NLC.bc.ca