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Agrologist

Learn About the Profession

Agrologists offer advice and services related to agricultural and environmentalscience and technology. They apply scientific principles to the cultivation,production, use, and improvement of plants and animals, and to the managementof associated resources.

Source: https://alis.alberta.ca/occinfo/certifications-in-alberta/agrologist/

Video: https://www.albertaagrologists.ca/site/employment/careers?nav=sidebar

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Certification & Regulation Information

Thisoccupation is provincially regulated via the Alberta Institute ofAgrologists (AIA).

It is createdand mandated by the Agrology Profession Act to protect and serve the publicinterest by establishing, maintaining, and enforcing standards of education,practice, and ethics for the agrology profession.

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·        Overview (for Internationally Educated)

·        Approved Course Lists

·        Educational Requirements

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NOTE: Applicants who meet the educational requirements and are practicing agrology, or wish to practice agrology in Alberta, MUST be registered as a professional with the Alberta Institute of Agrologists.

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Labour Market, Industry & Career Planning Information

·        Agrologist Occupational profile - Canada.ca (esdc.gc.ca)

·        Agrologist: Certifications in Alberta - alis

·        Agrologist near Calgary (AB) | Labour Market Facts and Figures - Job Bank

·        Agrologist Occupational profile (cicic.ca)

·        Careers matching Agrologist | OpportuNext

INDUSTRY:

Agricultural Institute of Canada (AIC)

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta

Alberta Soil Science Workshop

Canadian Land Reclamation Association

Alberta Energy Regulator

Environmental Services Association of Alberta

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Acknowledgement of Territory

We are located in the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot  Confederacy) and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta,  which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and  the Iyarhe Nakoda. We are situated on land where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, and  the traditional Blackfoot name of this place is “Mohkinstsis” which we  now call the City of Calgary. The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.

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