Study Guide

Learning objectives

After completing the course, the student knows the basics of field work in connection with determining the state of the environment. The subject and content of the course's fieldwork varies from year to year. Typically, the student becomes acquainted with, for example, water sampling, water status surveys, and other similar activities in the field. He / she is familiar with typical sampling methods used to monitor surface and groundwater quality. He / she knows how to use and maintain sampling equipment and various field measuring devices. The student is familiar with the contamination risks associated with sample handling and is able to handle the sample so as to minimize its change prior to analysis. The student understands the importance of calibration of measuring devices and documentation of a sampling event (measurement event) for the traceability of a measurement result. With regard to the result, the student has the ability to compare it with the reference values and interpret the correctness of the result. In addition to sampling and field measurements, students will become acquainted with, for example, open-flow measurement and other commonly used methods of determining the state of the environment. In addition, students are able to perform water analyzes in the laboratory.

Content

- Monitoring the state of the environment and the basics of field work
- sampling plan
- sampling methods
- sampling equipment and its maintenance
- sample handling and storage
- quality assurance and sources of sampling errors
- field measuring instruments and their use
- field sampling and other field work
- analysis of water samples in the laboratory

Qualifications

Environmental measurements