Education and Training

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

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 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

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The Professional Forester Apprenticeship programme offers an exciting career pathway into the forestry sector for people from all backgrounds A new call for foresters of the future has gone out

Neil Stewart, the longest-serving staff member at UHI Inverness has set down his campus chainsaw for the last time after dedicating more than four decades to educating generations of foresters.

A new Coillte-commissioned survey revealed that 60% of respondents believed a career in the forestry and wood sector was an attractive option. More young people are looking towards the forestry

Forestry is one of the only industries in the UK that has few facilities for operator training.. Forestry is one of the only industries in the UK that has few

Komatsu Simultator Expands their Offering to High Reach Demolition Excavators Komatsu is pleased to present the availability and expansion of the model range of Komatsu simulator with the new K100

Forestry has shown a successful recruitment of younger forest machine operator in recent years, and the young operators seem to be staying in the profession. However, the difficulty of attracting