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

	Ben Quinney   Assistant Forestry Worker, Nicholson Nurseries Ltd., Oxfordshire   Level 3 Diploma in Countryside Management and Forestry, Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Glynllifon Estate Campus
	Ewan Hodgkison    Forestry Ranger, Hill Holt Wood, Lincolnshire   Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Forestry, Newton Rigg College
	Hannah Whyatt   Graduate Forester, Norbury Park, Staffordshire   MSc Environmental Forestry, Bangor University
	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
Recruitment for Forestry Roots Hosts will open in January 2021 *Subject to funding

Forestry Roots 2019

	Isaac Carr Assistant Forest Worker, Westacre Estate, Norfolk   Level 3 Tech Cert in Arboriculture, Myerscough College
	Jack Hunt Assistant Forest Manager, Exmoor National Park Authority                                BSc (Hons) Animal Conservation, Oxford Brookes University Level 2 Arboriculture
	Philippa Pearson Assistant Forestry Worker, Englesfield Estate, Reading   Level 2 Diploma in Practical Environmental Conservation,  National Open College Network (NOCN)
	Rhys Hancock Woodland Grounds Assistant, Huntley Estate, Gloucestershire    Level 3 Countryside Management, Coleg Gwent, Usk
	Sam Cain Assistant Wood Reeve, Tregothnan Estate, Kent Level 3 Tech Cert Arboriculture, Myerscough College.

Forestry Roots 2018

	Samuel Ozaktanlar Woodland Conservation Operative, Heart of England Forestry   Level 3 Forestry and Arboriculture, Hadlow College.
	Dominic Young Estate Under Forester, Babworth Estate   Level 3 Diploma Arboriculture, Myerscough College.
	Willow Arran Estate Under Forester, Leconfield Estate   BTEC National Diploma Countryside Management, Merrist Wood College.
	Katie Stevens  Assistant Forest Manager, Nicholsons Garden Design, Landscaping and Forestry   BSc Forest Management at the National School of Forestry, Cumbria.

To find out how they got on, read blogs from Katie Stevens and Sam Ozaktanlar here.