Education and Training

Put a new operator in a modern harvester and the machine will often flatter them for an hour. Levelling cabs, smooth crane controls and measuring systems can make the first…

Pip: If you have ever looked at a harvester cab and thought "I want that job" without asking how anyone actually gets there, Forest Machine Magazine has some thoughts —…

A lot of people like the idea of forestry until they meet the reality of it at 6am in sideways rain, on rough ground, with a machine waiting, timber to…

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’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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…