This program will equip you with specialised skills to enable you to comprehensively assess a contaminated site. You will follow guidelines for contaminated site assessment (e.g. NEPM-ASC) and jurisdictional legislation regulating management of contaminated land. You will carry out desktop research for preliminary site investigation (PSI), develop a conceptual site model (CSM) and produce a sampling plan for a detailed site investigation using data quality objectives (DQO’s). You will also evaluate contaminated site data to identify contaminants fate and pathways, assess the risk presented by the contaminant(s) detected on site, and determine the need for further investigation or remediation.

Students with a three year Bachelor degree (AQF Level 7) in an Environmental Science discipline (or cognate discipline) or a three Bachelor degree (AQF Level 7) in a field other than Environmental Science (non-cognate discipline) with a minimum of 2 years relevant industry related experience are eligible to undertake a 160 unit program which can be completed in 2 years full time or 4 years part time. Students with a three year Bachelor degree (AQF Level 7) in an Environmental Science discipline (cognate discipline) with a minimum of 2 years relevant industry experience or a combination of a three year Bachelor degree in a field other than Environmental Science (non-cognate discipline) with a 1 year Graduate Diploma (AQF Level 8) in an Environmental Science discipline (cognate discipline) are eligible to undertake a 120 unit program which can be completed in 1.5 years full time or 3 years part time. Students with a four year Bachelor degree (AQF Level 8) in a field other than Environmental Science (non-cognate discipline) with a minimum of 2 years relevant industry experience or a three year Bachelor degree (AQF Level 7) in a field other than Environmental Science (non-cognate discipline) but with at least 5 years relevant industry experience are eligible to undertake a 120 unit program which can be completed in 1.5 years full time or 3 years part time. Students with a four year Bachelor degree (AQF Level 8) in an Environmental Science discipline (cognate discipline) are eligible to undertake the 80 unit program which can be completed in 1 year full time or 2 years part time. IELTS 6.5 overall (min 6.0 in each subtest) TOEFL iBT 83 overall (min. 24 in writing, 20 in reading, listening and speaking) TOEFL PBT 550 overall (min. 4.5 in TWE)