Improve your skills

A number of establishments in the Centre-Val de Loire region offer training programmes in the domains of Water and Environment. Below is a list of our main initial and further training courses:

 

 

• CETRAHE

 

CETRAHE is a research and development unit based in the University of Orleans. It was created on 1st April 2009 as a Technology Transfer and Development project of the Stat-Region planning contract.

CETRAHE aims to continue to develop the research, expertise and dissemination of knowledge being carried out at the University of Orleans in artificial dye-tracing applied to hydrogeology and the environment, in order to support consultation and engineering firms, water plants and other industries, water boards, local authority technical departments etc.

 

CETRAHE’s main areas of work are:

• R&D applied to the improvement, facilitation and expansion of practices and 

Interpreting tracing techniques 

• • Consulting and analytical expertise, assistance in the implementation and interpretation of the tracing tests

 

• Assistance with initial training

 

 

Download the CETRAHE brochure in French                      Download the CETRAHE brochure in English          

             

 

• BTSA Water Management (GEMEAU)

 

Description and objectives:

This course was transferred to its Orleans site at the CFA de la Mouillère in 2019. The BTSA GEMEAU is an apprenticeship programme aiming to train versatile, high level technicians who will go on to be future team members in private businesses and diverse public structures.

 

The BTSA GEMEAU apprentice will work to find solutions to problems in water management in a range of diverse areas (agricultural, industrial), obtaining the data needed to design and put hydrological installations into place.

 

The apprentice could act as project engineer for managing water quality, and water supply and sanitation systems. Other possibilities are: conductor in a water treatment plant or drinking water treatment plant, water and sanitation technician for the assembly or surveillance of water storage and supply records, technician for urban hydraulics, water management adviser, technical-sales in irrigation equipment, water survey officer for waterways, or river technician.

 

 

 

• Professional Undergraduate Degree “Forest and water management”

 

 

Description and objectives:

The “Forest and water management” degree opened in 2012, and works closely with the agricultural college Le Chesnoy-Les Barres located in Nogent-sur-Vernisson. The aim is to train professionals able to evaluate and manage woodlands or wetlands, and solve water management problems with respect to the forest environment. The individual will be able to design and put forward different management and exploitation systems, in keeping with applicable regulations. 

 

 

• Professional Undergraduate Degree “Environmental Protection and Management” 

 

Specialisation Management of Water Resources and Aquatic Ecosystems

 

Description and objectives:

The degree is open to initial training, continuing education, and word-integrated learning.

This course in Environmental Protection and Management is based in Châteauroux and serves to equip you with technical qualifications, and strengthen your expertise in both single and multidisciplinary areas. The “aquatic environments” division of the course combines expertise in natural sciences and social sciences. By the end of your studies, you will have acquired your own tools with which you can develop your expertise and skills within your chosen career.

 

Download the degree brochure   Download the work placement schedule for 2018-2019    

 

• IoT School (Internet of Things)

  Backed by the University of Orleans, Polytech, The City of Orleans, and Hitachi, with the following partners: IBM, Atos, Thales, Orange, Altyor, TechNext, 3ZA Engineering, Le Lab'O village by CA...

Description and objectives:

The school opened in 2019, with the aim of developing expertise in:

• business model innovation and design thinking
• onboard electronics and embedded systems
• IT and data networks
• data science and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• industrial applications

 

In order to become a well-rounded expert, who can understand, design, configure and test connected solutions that fulfil market needs and are adapted to its users.

For profiles Bac+4 or Bac+5 (Master’s degree (MA), 2nd year of engineering school, 3rd year of engineering school, or equivalence) in one of the following disciplines: Electric/electronic engineering, I.T., Mathematics.

 

• Master (M.Sc.) in Engineering Sciences for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystem Management (ESSAEM)

Description and targets :
The Master (M.Sc.) in Engineering Sciences for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystem Management (ESSAEM) is mainly intended for staff members of public administrations (national and local), consultancy firms, training institutions, NGOs, who need to know principles and tools for the restoration of waterbodies in urban and rural settings, including the sanitation and health dimensions. In many countries professionals need to complement their training in the priority areas, which are covered by the ESSAEM programme.

 

 

• Master’s degree “Science of the Earth, Universe and Environment” - Profile Hydro-Env

 

Description and objectives:

The “Science of the Earth, Universe and Environment” (STUE) degree focusses on environmental geochemistry and its applications in R&D. The two-year Master’s degree teaches students to characterise natural environments (water, soils, wetlands, etc.), gain theoretical foundations (geochemistry, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics), and transfers within these environments. The dual competence for this course is geomatics.

 

 

• Master’s degree “Hydrosystems and River Basins"

 

Description and objectives:

The “Hydrosystems and River Basins” Master’s degree is a multidisciplinary training which takes on a comprehensive approach to water, soil, and sediment management. The outcome of this degree is specialists in transfers within river basins, with respect to water, soils and sediment.

 

 

• Master’s degree “Biology of Organisms, populations and Ecosystems”

 

Description and objectives:

This degree concentrates on different levels of our ecosystems (individuals, populations, communities), and delivers a broad and in-depth view of the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and their interactions (historical and functional) with human activities. The course boasts a double speciality: forests and field crops. The course opens with population and ecosystem management.

 

 

• Master’s degree GEOGRAM, speciality Water-Cartography-Geomatics

 

Description and objectives:

The main aim of this Master’s degree is to prepare students to be senior managers in environmental geography, with solid foundations in the management of aquatic environments (water resources, water basins, hydrological risks, regulations), with expertise in data organisation, storage, and administration, and the analysis and processing of data: geographical, environmental, cartography and Geographic Information Systems.

 

Candidates continuing on from previous education, or through recognition of skills acquired through work experience will be assessed based on their previous degrees, their professional experience, and their career plan.

 

 

• Specialised Master’s degree “Sensors and Geoscience”

 

Description and objectives:

The specialised Master’s degree “Sensors and Geoscience” prepares specialists for working on the interface between R&D and in-situ instrumentation. The degree comes from a partnership between Polytech’ Orléans, the BRGM, the INRA and the Observatory for Sciences of the Universe in the Centre region (OSUC).

 

 

• Engineering degree “geo-environment” at Polytech’Orléans

 

Description and objectives:

“Geo-environmental Engineering” is one of the three specialisations within the Civil Engineering department of the Polytechnic School in the University of Orleans (Polytech’Orléans), and issues an engineering degree accredited by the French Commission du Titre d’Ingénieur (CTI). The Geo-environmental Engineer will be able to: 1) characterise the soil and the subsoil from a geological and geotechnical point of view, 2) develop and characterise the quality, treatment and  engineering materials, 3) manage mineral and water resources, 4) manage water quality, treatment and sanitation, 5) diagnose pollution, and rehabilitate industrial sites, 6) set up studies on environmental impact.

 

 

• Engineering degree “Developmental Engineering”

 

Description and objectives:

The Developmental Engineering course aims to equip engineers with the scientific expertise and techniques needed in order to design and set up complex projects for town and country planning. The course balances an interdisciplinary curriculum with practical work and work experiences in professional settings.

 

 

• Training course “Engineering of aquatic ecosystems (IMA)” 

 

Description and objectives:

This training course is aimed at engineering professionals working in aquatic ecosystems, already in possession of a Master’s degree or equivalent. The course’s speciality is engineering of land use and the environment, and follows on from the IMACOF.

Over the three-year engineering cycle, the course and skills cover the different aspects of the management, development, and the restoration of continental aquatic environments.

Specialists graduating from this course will be implicated in the integrated management of water basins and aquatic environments, as well as the planning and carrying out of operations to restore wetlands and waterways.

Download the IMA brochure

 

 

• Continuing education in Geosciences

 

Description and objectives:

The BRGM has over sixty offers for work experience within enterprises, directed at those in professional training, including: “Polluted soils and sites”, “Process Analysis”, “Underground water resources”, Environmental metrology”, “Information systems” and “geothermal energy”.