Skills, knowledge & experience
Essential professional and technical experience
Practical experience in forestry or countryside / environmental management.
General understanding of forestry, arboriculture, nature conservation, outdoor recreation and countryside related issues.
Competent using a range of hand tools.
Awareness of health and safety systems relevant to practical countryside work e.g. risk assessments, Forest Industry Safety Accord (FISA) guides and lone working systems.
Competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications.
Good interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work effectively alone and as part of a team.
Qualifications
Essential
NPTC or Lantra qualification in one or more practical forestry-based skills such as chainsaw, herbicide application, ATV, strimmer etc.
Full UK driving license, however Forestry England is willing to consider any proposals put forward by applicants that would allow them to do the job by any other means.
Desirable
Forestry or land management qualification.
Further NPTC and Lantra qualifications in Forestry based skills.
Emergency first aid at work + forestry (F).
A GCSE in Maths and English, or functional skills equivalent.
Knowledge of using Forester Web software.
