Certifications for ENVIRONMENT SHSM

WHAT CERTIFICATIONS DO YOU NEED? HOW DO YOU GET THEM?

Environment SHSM students at AHS will be able to gain their 4 compulsory and 2 elective certifications with training offered through the school SHSM program, with minimal or no cost for training arranged by the school. Some students may have completed training elsewhere that they can apply to their SHSM.

FOUR COMPULSORY CERTIFICATIONS:

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Level C - includes automated external defibrillation (AED)

Compass/map global positioning system (GPS)

Standard First Aid

Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) - generic (i.e., not site-specific) instruction

TWO ELECTIVES - FROM THE LIST BELOW:

advanced training in a technique (e.g., knots techniques)
animal and plant management
bear safety
Below Zero
chainsaw safety
customer service
fire safety and fire extinguisher use
geographic information system (GIS)
habitat restoration
Hike Ontario
introduction to stream assessment protocol

ladder safety training
leadership skills
Leave No Trace
life-saving (Bronze Cross or higher)
Ontario Hunter Education
life-saving (Bronze Cross or higher)
paddling techniques
Pleasure Craft Operator
portfolio development
project management
Project Wild

radio operator
search and rescue
sector-specific vehicle operation and safety
soil classification and testing
species identification (e.g., fish, birds, plants, trees, small mammals)
water/ice safety
watershed management
wilderness first aid
wilderness survival
Working at Heights