Dig into best practices and current regulations to stay ahead in the environmental sector.

With AGAT’s insightful environmental technical seminars, strengthen your teams and projects through learning. Stay ahead of changing regulations and advancing analytical methods through a series of seminars tailored to the environmental sector.

Expert-Led Sessions

Learn directly from AGAT’s senior subject matter experts and technical specialists with real-world environmental project experience across North America.

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Analyst reviewing data visualizations and charts on a laptop to interpret sample results
Analyst reviewing data visualizations and charts on a laptop to interpret sample results

Industry-Relevant Content

Explore current environmental regulations, analytical methodologies, and field-to-lab best practices as we discuss topics from proper sampling techniques to region-specific soil regulatory requirements.

Actionable Learnings

Gain clear insights that improve soil sampling, data interpretation, and environmental regulatory confidence. Apply what you learn in the workplace to stay current with trends and evolving practices.

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Access Leading Scientific Minds

Learn from some of the industry’s leading scientists in sessions designed to support industry peers and clients to learn, connect, and discuss thought-provoking topics.

Customize Your Learning

Learn at AGAT

Bring your team to one of our laboratories for an immersive, expert-led session.

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We’ll deliver seminars in-person at your office, project location, or training facility.

Custom Sessions

Create a custom-built session tailored to your projects, region, or regulatory environment.

Environmental Seminars

Beginner

Introduction to Environmental Sampling

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Get an introduction to the requirements of environmental sampling. Designed for junior field technicians, participants will learn the difference between field and laboratory filtration, while exploring other topics such as preservation types, required sample volumes, proper temperature and containers, and potential problems experienced in sampling.

Intermediate

Understanding WebEARTH: AGAT’s Online Data Management System

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Learn how to save time when dealing with large volumes of data in AGAT’s proprietary online data management system, WebEARTH. See the software in action with real client data in this interactive presentation.

Advanced

Method Detection Limits: Working with Regulations

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Learn how laboratory detection limits are determined in conjunction with recommended detection limits set by regional regulating governments, as we explore the difference between Method Detection Limits (MDLs), Reliable Detection Limits (RDLs), and Practical Quantitation Limits (PQLs).

Advanced

Understanding Laboratory Quality Assurance and Control

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Gain a deeper understanding of quality assurance and control with plain language explanations for quality terminology. Use what you learn to interpret quality assurance and control reports into useful analytical data.

Advanced

Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analysis: PIRI vs. Canada-Wide Standard

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Explore the difference between the Atlantic PIRI and the CCME Canada-Wide Standard (CWS) approaches for the quantification of petroleum hydrocarbons using real world samples analyzed by both methodologies.

Canada Only

Advanced

Understanding Ontario Regulation 153/04: Sampling and Testing

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Learn industry best practices to collect soil and water for a Record of Site Condition (RSC) under O. Reg. 153/04. Then use what you learn in the field to save time and avoid additional costs associated with resampling.

Canada Only

Advanced

Ontario Excess Soil Regulation 406/19: A Laboratory Perspective

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Get a closer look at excess soil regulations in Ontario under O. Reg. 406/19 as we explore how regulatory requirements affect the laboratory.

Canada Only

Intermediate

Drilling Waste: The Dirty Facts

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Learn about AGAT Laboratories’ drilling waste packages and the implications of analysis in the field. We’ll also explore the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) Directive 050 guidelines and discuss typical turnaround and sample preparation time.

Canada Only

Intermediate

Detailed Salinity: The Complete Process

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Learn the complete process of detailed salinity analysis which you can put into practice. This session covers applications, guidelines, sample preparation, and instrumentation.

Intermediate

Summa Canisters: Air Analysis

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Explore different versions of air quality sampling and gain insights into the benefits of using a Summa Canister including testing and sampling methods that coincide with Summa analysis.

Intermediate

Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil for Western Canada

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Learn how to read a chromatogram from analysis of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) in soil. Participants will also gain a greater understanding of laboratory procedures used to extract and quantify volatile and semi-volatile PHCs, including an overview of sample requirements and naming conventions per province.

Canada Only

Advanced

Enhanced Environmental Forensics

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Explore techniques that help determine release time, source, and type of contamination in environments. Participants will also learn routine techniques and look at innovative technology that’s moving environmental forensics forward.

Intermediate

Understanding the Importance of Ultra-trace Analysis

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Explore the importance of ultra-trace analysis with a look at high resolution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with dioxins and furans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Plus learn how to spot contamination in ultra-trace toxicology.

Intermediate

Evolving State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

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Gain insights into the chemistry, types, sources, and effects of PFAS in the environment as we explore the evolution of PFAS methodology and expanding guidelines.

Intermediate

Understanding Dioxins and Furans

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Get a closer look at dioxins and furans analysis using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) including exploration of potential sources of contamination. Participants will also learn how to optimize methods for analyzing multiple complex matrices in short turnaround times.

Meet Your Experts

Behind every great solution is a team of experts who know the industry inside and out. Our subject matter experts partner closely with clients and internal teams to share insights, guide decisions, and deliver practical strategies that drive meaningful results.

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Talk to your AGAT representative to schedule an in-person or online seminar, whether pre-designed or custom-built for you.