UK Driver Shortage Problem Needs Addressing Now
UK driver shortage hasn’t gone away – it’s just been hidden (new figures) The UK driver shortage hasn’t gone away. It’s being masked. Reduced freight movements, driven by ongoing events…
Tamtron – Supporting A Mobile Skills Learning Centre
Tamtron’s weighing solutions have been selected as part of the Digiliikkuja project, which is building a new type of mobile learning and development environment for the earthmoving sector in the…
Could Offering Forestry Internships Be a Viable Solution For The Skills Shortage?
Overseas Forestry Companies have successful summer forestry internships for young people to get an insight into what forestry has to offer. Could this help to encourage more young people to…
VMS training programme helps to alleviate skills shortage
Successful training programme from VMS is helping to grow the next generation An employee new to vegetation management is reaping the rewards of a dedicatedtraining and development programme thanks to…
“Chain Shot: Effective Strategies for Mitigating Risk”
Iggesund Forest is a leading manufacturer of harvester cutting equipment. Export Sales Manager Iain Lawrence shares his tips for reducing chain shot. It is not feasible to completely eliminate the…
UK’s Construction Industry Is Facing a Crisis
Half-Built Promises: New Report Reveals Cracks in UK’s Construction Pipeline A major new report by Oxford Economics for the UK’s Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) warns that Britain’s £530 billion construction…
A Short Term Forestry Skills Shortage Solution
With a forestry skills shortage crisis looming on the UK horizon here is a proposal that will offer a short term solution. Forestry Skills Shortage-It is unfortunate that there are…
Finnish forestry labour shortage
Finnish forestry companies often hire seasonal workers from abroad, particularly non-EU countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, to fill the skilled labour gap. Photo Credit: Asset id: 2474117537…
Swedish Forest Machine Operator Program attracts more women than men
Nine out of thirteen. That’s the ratio in the forest machine operator program at Liljaskolan in Sweden, where we meet Alva-Li, Ida, and their teacher Hanna out in the forest.…
Scottish apprenticeship for Forestry, helping meet demandÂ
Scottish Apprenticeship Week – March 3-7 To help mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week Rural Affairs Secretary, Mairi Gougeon, has welcomed Forestry and Land Scotland’s efforts to highlight the importance of apprenticeships…