Peter Borrowman: My 2 Years on the Future Forester ‘Patsy Wood Scholarship’
Two years ago Peter Borrowman was employed as the Patsy Wood Scholar; a trainee assistant forestry management position run through the Future Trees Trust (FTT), in collaboration with William Hamer (W M Hamer, Forestry Consultant) and the Royal Forestry Society (RFS). Read about his progress and best moments...
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“Not knowing what to expect, I packed my bags and headed down from Edinburgh to the rolling landscape of Berkshire and Hampshire in southern England (seemingly most would-be foresters tend to go in the opposite direction!). On my first day, William put things straight into the action, taking me to a pre – operations meeting including harvesting managers and contractors. We then preceded to go straight into a marking session in the afternoon. I am not ashamed to say that having no previous forestry experience, I had very little idea of what was going on! This rather busy first day was certainly a sign of things to come…
I must say that I am incredibly grateful for all the training opportunities I have been provided with over the scholarship. I have attended several training days, both in person and online with the RFS [and other organisations]…
These courses have all been instrumental with providing the range of knowledge and skillsets required to be a forester.”
To learn more about Peter’s experience find the full article via the Future Trees Trust
