Diploma in Forestry Technician - Adaptive Practices (Co-Op) is a diploma in Energy Engineering programme taught at Fleming College in Peterborough, Canada. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,566 per year (CAD 4,766 per year for local students).
Career opportunities in this field exist wherever there are forests — in rural, wilderness, and urban settings alike, and within Canada or abroad. Potential employers include conservation authorities, municipalities, government agencies, forest nurseries, federal and provincial forestry-related ministries, private contractors, hydroelectric companies, and parts of the forest industry such as woodlands, sawmills, and pulp mills. Graduates may go on to hold job titles such as forest technician, silviculture technician, forest ecosystem assessor, conservation authority technician, forest operation supervisor, firefighter, or forest planner, and with further training can also become a registered forester.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires Grade 11 College-level (C) Mathematics and Grade 12 College-level (C) English, or recognised mature-student status; the majority of courses must be at College (C) or Open (O) level, with University (U) or Mixed (M) courses accepted where a College-level course is listed. The programme page sets no minimum admission average, portfolio, interview or clearance requirement, and states no programme-specific language scores, so Fleming College's general English proficiency requirement applies: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with no section below 20, PTE Academic 46, or Duolingo English Test 105. Most forestry employers expect a G2 driver's licence by the second semester, an employability note rather than an admission requirement.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for full-time programmes starting in the 2027 fall intake the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and Fleming also runs a January start; applications received after 1 February are processed first-come, first-served until programmes are full. International applicants apply via the OCAS International Application Service to the September, January or May intake and face no fixed deadline; Fleming instead recommends applying between six weeks and five months before the intended start depending on home country, and processes files on a rolling basis with offers typically issued within 5-10 business days. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
