Please provide enough details specifying your role/participation in projects and what
types of work (methods/techniques) the project involved, to clearly demonstrate your
competency with the criteria.
Table 2:
Fisheries Compliance During Construction Specialist Qualification Requirements
Component Requirements
Education
Degree/Diploma and specialization
Experience
MTO Fisheries Protocol Training
Qualifications
Degree/Diploma:
Institution name:
Date completed:
Date successfully completed:
Erosion & Sediment Control
Monitoring Training1
Name of course:
Date successfully completed:
Valid Electrofishing Crew Leader
Certification2
Related Work Experience
Date successfully completed:
Monitoring construction activities in
and around fish habitat
Have carried out the monitoring for ____
construction projects in and around fish
habitat (provide a brief summary of
projects).
Application of erosion and
sedimentation control measures
Have been involved in the application of
erosion and sedimentation control
measures or plans for _____construction
projects around water (provide a brief
summary of projects).
Application of fish and fish habitat
mitigation measures
Have supervised application of fish and
fish habitat mitigation measures on
____construction projects (provide a brief
summary of projects).
Monitoring construction and
installation of fisheries habitat
measures
Have supervised the construction and
installation of fish habitat measures on
_____ construction projects (provide a
brief summary of projects).
Experience and/or knowledge of the
Fisheries Act Authorization
amendment process gained through
project experience or MTO Protocol
Training, and the ability to identify
when an amendment to an
Authorization is required
Have obtained ____amendments to
Fisheries Act Authorizations during
construction (provide a brief summary of
projects).
If you have not obtained any amendments,
provide a brief outline of how you would
identify whether an amendment to an
Authorization is required.
Have____ years work experience in the
_____________field since completing
degree/diploma (provide a brief summary
of experience).
Table 2:
Fisheries Compliance During Construction Specialist Qualification Requirements
Component Requirements
Knowledge of federal and provincial
legislation, policies and procedures
for fish and fish habitat in Ontario.
Qualifications
Extensive knowledge of federal and
provincial legislation and policies for fish
and fish habitat in Ontario through the
experience stated above including Impact
Assessments, Class EA projects,
Construction Supervision, etc. (list
legislation and policies).
1
Proven completion of a training course on ESC monitoring (e.g. Certified Inspector
Sediment and Erosion Control (CISEC), International Erosion Control Association (IECA), or
equivalent
2 RAQS Qualification. The need for this certification will be evaluated on an individual basis.
Below are some specific examples to assist you.
Component


Requirement
Experience
Application of erosion
and sedimentation
control measures
Component
Requirement
Experience
Application of erosion
and sedimentation
control measures
Qualifications
Have been involved in the application of
erosion and sedimentation control measures
for 2 construction projects
OR
Project A
Project B
Qualifications
Have been involved in the application of
erosion and sedimentation control measures
for 2 construction projects:
Reconnection of X Creek tributary. Sediment
and erosion control measures including coir
mats and nurse crop seeding were applied to
by-pass channel where on-line pond is being
taken off line and channel is being restored to
historic conditions. Sediment laden water is
being pumped to a nearby field as needed.
Addition of rip rap to stabilize Granular A
surrounding a newly constructed culvert
during rain events for Project B.
The addition of a rip rap lined channel was
required, as the grade of the ditch did not
include any protection measures and was
quite steep and failed several times after
precipitation events near another culvert
within the project limits
Component

Experience
Component

Experience
Requirement
Experience and/or
knowledge of the
Fisheries Act
Authorization
amendment process
gained through project
experience or MTO
Protocol Training, and
the ability to identify
when an amendment to
an Authorization is
required
Requirement
Qualifications
Have attained two amendments to Fisheries
Act Authorizations.
OR
I have taken the MTO Protocol Training
Qualifications
Have obtained one amendment to a
Fisheries Act Authorization during
construction.
A Fisheries Act Authorization was issued for
the X project on the X Lake prior to the
development of a Habitat Compensation
Plan. Certain measures were implemented
but construction was interrupted while an
addition to the compensation plan was
developed with DFO and incorporated into
the original authorization through an
Experience and/or
amendment.
knowledge of the
OR
Fisheries Act
I have not yet formally obtained a Fisheries
Authorization
Act Amendment. However, I have
amendment process
completed the MTO Protocol Training and
gained through project through my experience am also aware of
experience or MTO
what types of situations would warrant an
Protocol Training, and amendment to an Authorization. For
the ability to identify
example, an Amendment may be requested
when an amendment to when there are changes in timing of the
an Authorization is
construction (delayed start/completion of
required
work) and this can also affect the required
monitoring reporting dates. An amendment
may also be required if there are minor
modifications to construction works (e.g.
culvert dimensions) or the compensation
measures being installed. Major changes to
the design of the work (e.g. from a bridge to
a culvert) or the compensation measures
(e.g. need to realign an additional 250m)
requires a full assessment and may result in
changes to the Authorization which may not
be able to be covered by a simple
amendment.