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Co-op Student - Vegetation Management (Biology) - (Nanaimo, BC) - Fall September 2026
Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Nanaimo DO
Employment type: Co-Op Region: Vancouver Island
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid
Annual salary: $1,792.24 - $2,257.45 biweekly
What you'll do
- Please Apply using your computer as this application process is not Mobile compatible. Mobile application may result in
your resume, letters, transcript attachments not uploading properly. **
Candidate selection, interviews and hiring will take place continuously - this means while there is a closing date listed, hiring
manager will regularly review applications submitted shortly after the posting is live in your Co-op system. So, we
recommend you apply early!
The location for this position is our Nanaimo, BC Office on the Island.
As a Co-op student, you will learn and experience:
- Practical, hands-on work experience directly related to your specific field of study.
- Learning and training opportunities, including opportunities to network with your division.
- Learn all about other divisions and initiatives at BC Hydro.
- Take advantage of the opportunity to explore future career options.
Depending on what team the successful candidate is hired into, duties can also include some of the following:
- Performs a variety of technical, planning and administrative functions related to integrated vegetation management by
collecting and analyzing data, drafting and implementing work plans and prescriptions, developing annual and long term
management plans and site specific prescriptions based on inventories, species, species diversification, growth rates and
environmental sensitivities; investigates tree related incidents and analyzes tree failure; assists in the evaluation of
vegetation risk in relation to circuit priority, public safety, wildfire risk, etc. and establishes action thresholds.
- Liaises with a variety of internal/external groups and agencies related to vegetation management work and issues.
- Maintains a variety of records such as work inventories, specifications, historical records, etc.
- Assists in the preparation of operating budgets and the annual work plan, assessing costs of planned projects and
programs and analyzing monthly variances; prepares maintenance activity summary reports.
- Utilizes a variety of computer programs to develop, implement and monitor integrated vegetation management programs.
What you bring
- To qualify as a candidate, individual's should be enrolled in the Co-op Program and have yet to graduate from a
recognized post-secondary institution in Canada.
- Completed a minimum of 2nd year of Environmental studies (biology or natural resource major preferred) at an accredited
university.
