Forestry Roots
Jobs for recent graduates and college leavers
Forestry Roots is an RFS project made possible by the ALA Green Charitable Trust. The project matches college and university leavers with employers, helping to address acknowledged skills gaps within forestry and increase employment prospects for young people in forestry.
A message from our funders:
Has anyone not felt the wonder of woodland or forests? Are you committed to a career in this environment?
ALA Green Charitable Trust is providing financial support to enable a number of students to pursue their career aspirations in this field of study and work placement.
Our core principle is about inclusion regardless of background, gender, religion, disability or financial circumstance.
We know that the environment is crucial to our future and and by working with the RFS we are supporting future foresters to achieve their potential through training and guidance.
We are removing barriers to your first steps into a career of great value in the woodland and forestry environment where the opportunities are many and varied.
So now, it’s over to you!!
Forestry Roots 2020
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Ben Quinney
Assistant Forestry Worker, Nicholson Nurseries Ltd., Oxfordshire
Level 3 Diploma in Countryside Management and Forestry, Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Glynllifon Estate Campus |
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Ewan Hodgkison
Forestry Ranger, Hill Holt Wood, Lincolnshire
Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Forestry, Newton Rigg College |
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Hannah Whyatt
Graduate Forester, Norbury Park, Staffordshire
MSc Environmental Forestry, Bangor University |
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Joseph Haines
Assistant Forester, Burghley Estate, Lincolnshire
Level 3 Diploma in Forestry, Moulton College |
Scott Steven
Park and Woodland Assistant, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
Level 3 Certificate in Forestry, Inverness College |
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Recruitment for Forestry Roots Hosts will open in January 2021 *Subject to funding |
Forestry Roots 2019
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Isaac Carr Assistant Forest Worker, Westacre Estate, Norfolk
Level 3 Tech Cert in Arboriculture, Myerscough College |
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Jack Hunt Assistant Forest Manager, Exmoor National Park Authority BSc (Hons) Animal Conservation, Oxford Brookes University Level 2 Arboriculture |
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Philippa Pearson Assistant Forestry Worker, Englesfield Estate, Reading
Level 2 Diploma in Practical Environmental Conservation, National Open College Network (NOCN) |
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Rhys Hancock Woodland Grounds Assistant, Huntley Estate, Gloucestershire
Level 3 Countryside Management, Coleg Gwent, Usk |
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Sam Cain Assistant Wood Reeve, Tregothnan Estate, Kent Level 3 Tech Cert Arboriculture, Myerscough College. |
Forestry Roots 2018
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Samuel Ozaktanlar Woodland Conservation Operative, Heart of England Forestry
Level 3 Forestry and Arboriculture, Hadlow College. |
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Dominic Young Estate Under Forester, Babworth Estate
Level 3 Diploma Arboriculture, Myerscough College. |
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Willow Arran Estate Under Forester, Leconfield Estate
BTEC National Diploma Countryside Management, Merrist Wood College. |
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Katie Stevens Assistant Forest Manager, Nicholsons Garden Design, Landscaping and Forestry
BSc Forest Management at the National School of Forestry, Cumbria.
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To find out how they got on, read blogs from Katie Stevens and Sam Ozaktanlar here.