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The program involves a mix of theoretical and practical training. Theoretical training will be in a classroom setting for six hours a day, five days a week. Practical activities will be taught in their natural environment and will require student participation twenty-four hours per day for up to three weeks at a time. Students will attend and participate in approximately twenty weeks of classroom instruction and thirty-six weeks of outdoor instruction, comprising two years with a summer break for work experience in June, July and August.
As much of the content as possible will be taught in module format to leave open the future possibility of students registering for module segments of the Diploma. This will facilitate opportunities for upgrading by individuals presently working in the industry who may lack certain certificates or portions of the Diploma content.
Present holders of individual certificates may receive transfer credits and advanced standing in the Diploma - up to a maximum of 50% of total program credits.