Forestry group plans recruitment, training

Forestry group plans recruitment, training
Gavin Evans
Forest owners, processors, officials and educators met today to identify training and recruitment priorities for the sector as the economy emerges from the covid-19 lockdown. The Forestry and Wood Processing Workforce Council was formed earlier this year to tackle skill shortages in parts of the sector and to plan for a five-year increase in activity. Forestry Minister Shane Jones said more than 5,000 extra workers were already going to be needed in the sector. As well as implementing a workforce action plan agreed in January, the council...

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