Accreditation - Curriculum
1.					Minimum requirements for recognition by the North American Wildlife Technology Association are 1000 contact hours with at least 400 of the 1000 hours dedicated to laboratory instruction.
2.					Wildlife Technology curriculum should include instruction in these subject areas:   Wildlife Biology & Management Biological & Ecological Science Communications Skills Forest Sciences or Range Science Quantification Skills Surveying, Mapping & Inventory Skills Fisheries & Aquatic Science Social & Behavioral Science Recreation & Safety Physical Science Law Enforcement Administration & Policy Mechanical Skills
3.						Broad content descriptions of these subject areas should be as listed below. This does NOT connote individual courses in each area, but coverage within one or several courses.
Wildlife Biology and Management: Identification of vertebrate and plant species Collection of data on age, sex, and reproductive status Field note record techniques Knowledge of taxonomic classification and vertebrate life histories Habitat modification techniques Measurement of population parameters Wildlife literature Population dynamics Capture, immobilization, handling, and marking techniques Causes of morbidity and mortality Necropsy procedures Wildlife management history, administration, and policy Operation of telemetry systems Design and implementation of management plans Animal damage control Preservation of biological specimens     Biological and Ecological Science: Ecology Biotic succession and biomes (ecological regions) and Botany Zoology / Biology Non-game and endangered species     Communication Skills: Public speaking Technical writing Composition   Forest Science:     Dendrology Forest management and protection Silviculture Forest mensuration Silvics Range Science: Range plant identification Range ecology Range improvements Range techniques     Quantification Skills: Technical mathematics Introduction to computer applications software Basic statistics   Surveying, Mapping, and Inventory Skills: Basic mapping principles and techniques Aerial photo interpretation Compass techniques Basic surveying Geographical Information Systems (GIS)              Fisheries and Aquatic Science: Fish identification Basic water chemistry Wetlands management Stream and impoundment management principles Fish sampling techniques       Social and Behavioral Science: Public relations in natural resource management Personnel supervision Biopolitics Cultural aspects of wildlife and wildlife management     Recreation and Safety: First aid and safety Outdoor recreation Hunter safety Boating safety Physical Science: Soils Earth Science     Law Enforcement - Administration and Policy: Wildlife law Conservation organizations and agencies Enforcement procedures       Mechanical Skills:** Chainsaw operation and maintenance Power tool operation and maintenance Tractor operation and maintenance Power boat operation and maintenance **Due to the nature of geographic differences in North America, some of the specific categories under Mechanical Skills may not be appropriate to your area and needs.  Please substitute any other mechanical skills you feel are equivalent to those on the list.  The curriculum standards committee will review these substitutions on an individual basis.