Education and Training

Experience operating a timber forwarder – Jan/Feb 2023. Closing date for applications 9th December 2022. Confor is hosting a series of events to give you the opportunity to experience operating

The UK’s largest integrated timber and forestry business, BSW Group, is gearing up for a busy end to 2022, with its commitment to supporting STEM development continuing as students return

With the lack of training facilities in the UK, its no wonder there is such a famine of skilled labour for driving and operators’ jobs. What’s the solution? Well, a

BSW Group teamed up with the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCID) and Young Engineers and Science Clubs (YESC) to deliver knowledge of the timber and forestry industry to

First-of-its-kind opportunity offers an exciting career pathway into the forestry sector for people from all backgrounds and abilities. A first-of-its-kind apprenticeship initiative to foster a growing, highly skilled and more

Forestry Commission announces ground-breaking apprenticeship programme for the forestry sector A first-of-its-kind apprenticeship initiative to foster a growing, highly skilled and more diverse workforce within the forestry sector has been

A introduction to forestry machinery and an exciting opportunity to experience timber haulage and gain CPC+F module certification The taster aims to provide a ‘first step’ pathway into the forest

With an aging workforce and very few young people coming into the industry, FMM asked a broad spectrum of people throughout the industry for suggestions on how they are addressing

ABA International is an acronym for the Awarding Body Association – a non-profit international education and certification body – offering courses for many industries including forestry. Their aim is to

Community organisation Newton Rigg Ltd, who vowed to rebuild land-based education in Cumbria following the controversial closure of Newton Rigg College, have today launched ‘NR Training’ – a new land-based