Since 1996, more than 2100 graduates have received vocational education in the specialties of the department. Graduates of the department are in high demand in enterprises, institutions, and organizations both in the region and beyond, they have competitiveness in both the domestic labor market and in other countries around the world.
In its activities concerning the employment of graduates, the Department of Ecology, TZN and LG is guided by regulatory legal documents: the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated January 23, 1996 No. 77 'On Measures for Reforming the System of Specialist Preparation and Employment of Graduates of Higher Educational Institutions,' the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine dated July 16, 1997 'On Ensuring Youth Employment, in Particular for School, University and Other Educational Institution Graduates,' the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated August 22, 1996 No. 992 'On the Procedure for Employing Graduates of Higher Educational Institutions Prepared Under State Order,' and orders from the university rector. The department actively collaborates withthe Department of Professional and Career Development of Students of the Student Development Center of NUVHP.
The department maintains close ties with potential employers. The defenses of final qualification works take place in the presence of leaders of leading environmental organizations, industrial enterprises, and higher education institutions in the region and Ukraine. This opens up wide opportunities for graduates to choose their future place of work according to their interests.
During their production and pre-graduation internships, students also have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with working conditions, specialists, and to be invited to work in a certain organization.
Graduates who have received diplomas in the specialties 101 Ecology, 183 Technologies for Environmental Protection, and 205 Forestry are prepared for research, technical, research, project, organizational and managerial, forecasting, and commercial activities in the field of environmental protection, balanced use of natural resources, protection of environmental objects, and sustainable development.
A significant number of graduates hold leading and managerial positions in institutions and enterprises such as:
- The Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Rivne Regional State Administration (Kulykovich L.M. – specialist in the environmental impact assessment department, Karpovets O.M. - chief specialist in the environmental impact assessment department, Romanyuk V.Yu. – leading specialist in the environmental impact assessment department, Khudoba I.P. – chief specialist in the reserved areas, ecological network, monitoring and environmental protection measures, Dukach O.S. – specialist in financial support and organizational work department);
- Basin Water Management (Novachok R.V. – deputy head of the BUVR of the Western Bug and San, Kysil O.A. – head of the Tysa River BUVR, Mushka H.H. – deputy head of the Volyn State Water Management, Kozenyuk O.M. – ecologist, Basin Water Management of the Dnipro River).
- The Main Department of the State Land Agency in the Rivne region (Korzin R.V. – head of the state inspection department for land use and protection control);
- PJSC 'Volyn-Cement' Dyckerhoff Ukraine (Naumenko R.M. – deputy chief technologist for ecology and coordinator for ecological and land issues of Dickerhoff-Ukraine);
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection in Rivne Region (Radovenyuk S.M., Korzun R.V., Kukharchuk L.O., Sabanyuk T.R., Tverda Y.I., Prachuk O.R. – ecologist; Romaniuk V.), Rivne Geological Expedition (Kurepa S.V., – leading specialist, PhD student at Kyiv Institute of Geological Sciences, Dyatel O.O., Kovalenko I. - ecologist);
- JSC «Rivne Azot» (Pelevyh O.L. – head of the ecology department, Parkhomenko O.I., Puzhilo M.I., Dubinyuk O.M., Kolosha S.O., Bahnyuk A.Ye. – ecologist);
- State Ecological Inspection in Rivne Region (Yaroshchuk S.M., Stelmach I.S., Savchuk A.M., Melnyk N.K., Protsyuk I.M. – inspector, Henerychuk V., Sobko D. – chief specialists, state inspectors for NPS protection at the State Ecological Inspection of the Polissya Region;
- State Enterprise «Dubrovitske Forestry» (Denyshchych T.Yu. - ecologist);
- Melitopol MUVH (Lapenko V.P. – head of the water resources department), Mariupol MUVH (Drobonina Yu. - ecologist),
- Rivne Customs (Danyliuk V.R. – leading ecologist);
- Ukrvodgosp (Pryhoda N.M. – deputy head of the ecological department);
- State Ecological Inspection in Vinnytsia Region (Bordyakivskyi O.O. – deputy head of the ecological inspection);
- JSC «Western Ukrainian Mining Company» (Kovalenko O.S. - ecologist);
- KP «Ecoservice» (Svarytsevych N.M. – leading ecologist);
- Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation (Slyshchenko O.A., Dmyda I.A. – leading environmental specialist; Lyutnytskyi S.M. – research associate);
- Rivne High Voltage Equipment Plant – Electric (Savitskyi V.M. – chief engineer);
- TMK-149 Polissia Construction (Samchyshyn S.M. - ecologist);
- State Enterprise 'Teplokomunservis' (Petlenko O.A. – leading ecologist);
- Rokytnivskyi State Forest Enterprise (Tsalkovska O.V. – leading ecologist);
- Ecological Service of Kramatorsk Machine-Building Plant (Mikliaieva A.S. – leading ecologist, Maksymtseva K.Yu. – leading environmental specialist);
- Metallurgical Plant named after Kuibyshev (Shnurenko A.H. - leading environmental specialist);
- State Enterprise NAEC Energoatom Khmelnytskyi NPP (Naumuk T.A. – head of the environmental protection department, Valihura I.V. – deputy head of the environmental protection department);
- Department of Land Resources of Kovel (Lyaska O.O. - chief land planner);
- Research Station in Shubkiv, Rivne region (Kirylychuk N.V. - ecologist);
- Rivne Zoo (Olyferuk I.H. - head of the primate department);
- Dubno City Council, Rivne region (Cherniyaha V. - head of the greenery and landscaping department of the Housing and Communal Services Department);
- Zbarazh City Council, Ternopil region (Kolodiy O.D. - specialist in nature reserve protection);
- JSC 'Rivnevodokanal' (Kopylova O.M. - leading specialist);
- Rivne Regional Hydrometeorological Center (Sobko Z.Z. - head of the agro-meteorology sector, Kurilyuk O.M. - agro-meteorologist; Solimchuk A.E. - technician-agro-meteorologist);
- JSC 'Ukrnafta' (Romaniv A. - engineer-ecologist at R&D Institute);
- School No. 23 (Samus N.B. - ecology teacher);
- and others.
Graduates of the department successfully work not only in Ukraine but also abroad, including France, the USA, Canada, Germany, Israel, Portugal, and other countries:
- City Administration of Bonn, Germany (Zvynchuk E.M. - deputy mayor for ecological issues),
- City Hall of Antalya, Turkey (Melnyk H.S. – leading specialist in ecology),
- TU Berlin’11 Faculty of Process Sciences (Dubinetska M.M. – Master in landscape ecology and design),
- Worcester City Hall, United Kingdom (Strylychuk V.M. - ecologist),
- Lisbon City Hall (Telegina D.S. – leading ecologist),
- City Administration of Arizona, USA (Derbedenov I.V. – ecology specialist),
- Ecological Service of Berlin, Germany (Palyonka O.V. – ecologist),
- Department of Ecology in Nevada, USA (Lychuk T.P. – PhD in Geography, ecologist),
- PP ‘Service Build’, Prague, Czech Republic (Polyak O.A. – head of the building materials supply department),
- National Institute of Health Foundation (USA) (Murza T. – head of the joint project of the National Institute of Health and the Federal Food and Drug Administration),
More than 30 graduates work at NUWGP and other universities in departments, laboratories, and are studying in graduate programs:
- Department of Ecology NULP (Statnyk I.I. – associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences, Bedunkova O.O. - professor, DSc in biology, Shevchuk I.V. – PhD in agricultural sciences, senior lecturer, Klimenko L.V. - associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences, Khomych N.R. – assistant, PhD in biology, Stetsiuk L.M. – associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences, Brezhytska O.A. – associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences, Ryabova O.A. – graduate student, Semenchuk Y.M. – master of industrial training, Polshcha I.P. – clerk, Kuzmyk Y.V. – laboratory assistant),
- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, and Agriculture (Kolesnyk T.M. – associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences, head of the department),
- Department of Management NULP (Suduk O.Yu. – associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences),
- Department of Aquatic Resources NULP (Petryk A.M. – associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences, Volkoshovets O.V. – associate professor, PhD in biology),
- Department of Water Management Ecology, Hydrology, and Hydrogeology NULP (Kravets V.S. – associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences, Kravets D.S. – associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences, Kushniruk Yu.L. – senior lecturer, PhD in geography, Hopchak I.V. – associate professor, PhD in geography),
- Department of Regional Management NULP (Kostiukevych A.M. – associate professor, PhD in economics),
- Department of Labor Resources NULP (Yakymchuk A.Yu. – DSc in Economics, professor),
- Department of Tourism NULP (Verbetska K.Yu. – associate professor, PhD in agricultural sciences),
- Dean's Office of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics NULP (Momotiuk V.V. - dispatcher),
- Dean's Office of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Agroecology and Land Management NULP (Sahan A. - senior dispatcher),
- Sector of Scientific Work of Students NULP (Mamayi L.M. – head of the sector),
- National Aviation University NULP (Prokhorova M.E. – deputy director of the Institute of International Relations, candidate of economic sciences, associate professor of the Department of International Economic Relations and Business),
- Laboratory for the repair of office equipment at NUWGP (Tymchuk V.A. – head of laboratories),
- International Economic and Humanitarian University named after St. Demyanchuk (Kosolapova E.V. – associate professor, candidate of agricultural sciences of the Department of Ecology, Matvyichuk A.V. – doctor of philosophy, head of the Department of Philosophy),
- Slavyansk Chemical Technology College (Kopil V.O. – ecology instructor),
- Agrarian College in Rivne (Lyulchik V.O. – candidate of agricultural sciences, head of department),
- Technical College in Rivne (Hakalo O.V. – instructor, Kukharchuk L.M. – instructor, Kovalchuk S.M. – instructor),
- Pedagogical College in Kremenets (Bondarevich S.K. – deputy director, ecology instructor), - Bereznivskyi Forestry Technical College NUWGP (Mosiychuk R.S. – deputy director for educational work).