LP Natural Resources and Forestry Professions - GTED

To train specialists involved in organising the collection, transport and treatment of water, sludge and waste.

Objective 1: Transmitting scientific and technical knowledge, enabling students to deepen their knowledge and skills in specific professions or to develop a second skill.

Objective 2: Promoting access to employment through interaction with professionals and experience in the world of work (tutored projects, work placements).

Objective 3 : liaising with professionals (research bodies, institutions, associations, companies) to facilitate integration into the world of work.

• Follow scientific protocols in the laboratory or in the field.
• Analyse and interpret scientific results and provide food for thought.
• Use and apply the fundamental mechanisms and laws associated with different subject areas (e.g. computing, statistical analysis, laboratory techniques, etc.).
• Master the tools, techniques and processing procedures needed to understand and analyse geographical, cartographic or satellite information.

Cross-disciplinary skills

• Developing skills linked to the use of new technologies for analysing chemical, biochemical, biological and geological compounds.
• Taking part in conferences and carrying out bibliographical research into technical issues relating to the environment and the management of water, sludge and waste.
• Writing and supporting an end-of-course report.
• Read, understand, write and express yourself in English.

Subject-specific skills

• Master the knowledge, tools and techniques needed to characterise natural tropical environments in the form of climatological surveys, geological, geographical and pedological characteristics and characteristic surveys of a catchment area.
• Knowing how to analyse hydraulic development problems and set up stormwater and wastewater management and sanitation systems.
• Assess the drinking water needs of a local authority and know the methods for quantifying the resource.
• Acquire techniques and know the state of the art in terms of elimination and recovery or transformation of waste while minimising risks.
• Use techniques and know the state of the art in wastewater treatment.
• Acquire a basic understanding of the concepts of energy saving and renewable energies so that they can be adapted to water and waste management and treatment structures.
• Be informed about European regulations on environmental protection.

Recruitment level Bac + 2

 Accessible by initial training and VAE; opens to sandwich courses at the start of the 2024-2025 academic year

Training required Bac + 2 (L2 de licence, DEUG, BTS, BTSA, DUT, DEUST, other Bac + 2)

Admission requirements The LP RNF-GTED is aimed at motivated students with prerequisites in Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences.

Admission is by application. Applications must be submitted via the eCandidat website (ecandidat.univ-guyane.fr/). Classes are limited to a maximum of 16 students.

Registration Contact the DFR Sciences and Technologies teaching unit. The Water and Waste Management and Treatment (GTED) speciality of the RNF LP is open every other year, alternating with the VALORESS speciality.

The LP RNF-GTED will open at the start of the 2022-2023 academic year.

Career opportunities

• Wastewater and sludge treatment site manager ;
• Drinking water production or purification plant control manager ;
• Head of waste services ;
• Project manager or technical manager ;
• Environmental technician...

Sectors of activity

• Design offices ;
• Local authorities ;
• Water distribution and treatment companies ;
• Waste treatment companies ;
• Hydraulic dam ;
• Analysis or research laboratory...