Learning

Careers in Forestry View career profiles, search available courses, gain advice and browse current vacancies.

Forestry Roots Join our successful programme for ages 18 - 30 and gain a year's paid placement, training, relocation expenses and mentoring.

RFS Professional Certification Getting started in your career and looking to stand out from the crowd? Find out how becoming an RFS Certified Forester or Arborist can help.

Forestry Induction Pack Everything you need to know about Forestry if you're heading off to College or University or joining the profession as a career changer.

RFS Junior Forester Award Join thousands of children and young people in gaining an insight into Forestry through assisting in woodland management in schools and communities.

RFS School Visits Teaching Trees offers fully funded visits and workshops. Our visits are curriculum linked and create knowledge and understanding through experience of the natural world.

Tremendous Trees Everything a Junior Forester could need to know including how to age a tree, how we identify trees and where their names come from.

Green Tree Badge The Green Tree Badge enables children, schools, and families learn more about the amazing world of trees and forestry.

Level 1 Forestry in the Community A new qualification developed by the RFS for young people wanting to gain their first experience and qualifications in Forestry.

Forest Education Network (for England) Lesson plans, training materials and resources for teachers and outdoor education professionals.

So, you own a woodland? An introductory guide to woodland management.

Woods for Tomorrow A pilot project funded by the Forestry Commission to support land owners and land managers in bringing woodland into management and in creating new woodlands.

What do your plants tell you about your woodland? Our ESC Woodland Species Guide contains details of the most common woodland indicator species as well as information on the soils that they are commonly found in.