Employment Opportunities
Many employment opportunities should be created by government support for forestry, especially in the Community Forests, restoration of former industrial land and environmental conservation projects.
There are a range of forestry related careers, here are a few:
- Accountancy / Administrative & Clerical staff
- Agricultural engineering
- Amenity horticulture
- Conservation officer
- Contracting
- Countryside management
- Countryside warden / ranger
- Estate worker
- Forest research
- Forestry
- Garden centres
- Garden design
- Gardening
- Grounds keepers / gardeners
- Hunting / shooting / fishing
- Horticulture
- Landscape services
- Plant nurseries
- Publicity / Marketing
- Tree surgeon
- Timber production
- Managing woodland
And some of the places you can work include:
- Farms
- National parks
- Conservation bodies
- Water companies
- Education
- Farm attractions
- Local councils
- Private woodland
- Sales
- Contracting / consultancy
