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A Career in Forestry? Opportunities in BC Resource Management

A Career in Forestry? Opportunities in BC Resource Management. Sunset or sunrise?. BC: Most diverse in Canada. 58% forests!. Some of the most productive forests in the world. BC Coast. 32% of BC’s forests. BC Interior. 68% of BC’s forests.

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A Career in Forestry? Opportunities in BC Resource Management

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  1. A Career in Forestry? Opportunities inBC Resource Management

  2. Sunset or sunrise?

  3. BC: Most diverse in Canada 58% forests!

  4. Some of the most productive forests in the world

  5. BC Coast 32% of BC’s forests

  6. BC Interior 68% of BC’s forests

  7. Forest Resource Management …A Diversity of Jobs Planning: road engineering, harvesting layout, timber cruising, modeling, mapping (GIS)

  8. …A Diversity of Jobs Silviculture: prescriptions, surveys and assessments, site preparation, planting, vegetation management, spacing, thinning

  9. …A Diversity of Jobs Management: supervising crews and contractors, administration, accounting Specialists: research, site classification, forest growth & inventory, genetics, soils, ecology, hydrology (water), fisheries, wildlife, computers...

  10. Professional and Technical Jobs • Professional: Managers, accountants, foresters, engineers, specialists, research scientists, auditors • Technical:Forestry technician, field engineering, GIS technician, other technicians

  11. Diverse Employers • Forest Companies -large multi-national to small businesses • Government - Band Council,Communities, Federal, Provincial • Private Consulting: All sizes of businesses • Academic: Colleges and Universities

  12. Future Opportunities • Increasing complexity of management • Diverse values • More specialists needed • Retiring baby-boomers!

  13. Managing for multiple values

  14. It’s not just about trees

  15. Innovation is needed Standing stem harvesting

  16. Forestry isn’t rocket science…it’s way more complex! Dr. Fred Bunnell

  17. A challenging career! No life like it!

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