Environmental Conservation
Jay A. DeTraglia,
Director
Robert
A. Roth,
Assistant Director
Phone:
(518)
736-4330
FAX: (518)
736-4331
  Environmental conservation includes forestry
and natural
resources, operating/maintaining heavy equipment, and
developing an understanding of environmental issues.
Students use hands-on approaches to explore and
understand the complexities of science and math in a real
work experience.
This program is
designed to emphasize forestry, wildlife, surveying, and soil
conservation, along with heavy equipment operation and
maintenance. Much time is spent outdoors and students must be
willing to participate in all types of weather. Extensive
"hands-on" practical laboratory and field exercises such as
heavy equipment operation, forestry management, wood processing,
and wildlife management are critical parts of the program.
Students learn to operate backhoes, bulldozers, trucks,
tractors, chainsaws, a bandsaw mill, and a wide variety of other
equipment. Entry-level mechanical skills used in parks and
recreation are introduced along with basic small gasoline engine
repair and maintenance.
Job Opportunities
• Aquaculture technician
• Construction
• Surveying aide
• Small engine repair
• Landscaping/nursery
• Heavy-equipment maintenance
• Logger
• Park worker
• Heavy-equipment operator
• Forest products
Related Technical
and College Studies
• Two-year technical degree study in forestry,
surveying, soil/water management, agricultural engineering
technology, and wildlife management
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