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Choose Forestry
Choose a career
in forestry and make a
lasting contribution to BC's forest legacy
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Do you want to make a real difference in environmental
management?
Do you excel in the sciences?
Are you a team player?
Do you want to go to work in your hiking boots?
If you answered yes to any of the questions
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Did you
know...
Forest professionals earn
above average salaries
In 2006, the median salary for Registered Professional
Foresters was $73,018 and $56,985 for Forest Technologists.
Check
out the ABCFP Salary Survey to learn more.
There are lots of career opportunities
One in five jobs in BC is related to forestry,
making forestry BC's biggest employer. BC will
always need qualified forest professionals to
look after its 60 million hectares of forests
and tackle current issues like the mountain pine
beetle and global warming.
Forestry graduates are in high demand and many
employers recruit them directly from universities,
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Forestry
is about more than trees
Forestry is the practice of using ecological
principles to manage all forest resources including
trees, wildlife, water, soils, fish and biodiversity.
Forest professionals manage all these resources
in a manner that balances ecological, economic
and social values.
Who are BC's forest professionals?
There are two kinds of forest professionals practising
in BC: Registered Professional Foresters (RPFs)
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What
do forest professionals do?
Registered Professional Foresters (RPFs)
prepare short and long-term forest resource management
plans and ensure all forestry activities comply
with government and industry regulations.
Registered Forest Technologists (RFTs) specialize
in on-the-ground fieldwork and perform technical
forestry functions in areas tree growth, forest
protection, forest operations and forest measurements.
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possibilities are endless...
The best thing about a career in forestry
is that once you have the basic education, you
can build your career around the activities you
are most interested in pursuing.
Forest professionals have training in wildlife
biology, fisheries, forest ecology, hydrology
(the study of water) and silviculture (growing
trees), soils, forest engineering, recreation,
landscape design and much, much more…
They work for the provincial government, forest
companies, consulting firms, research organizations,
educational institutions, associations, environmental
groups and other non-profit organizations.
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Forestry
isn't just a career, it's a lifestyle choice
Forest professionals travel the province
by truck, ATV, boat, helicopter or float plane
and get paid to hike in parts of BC that tourists
pay a premium to visit. You are just as likely
to find forest professionals working behind a
computer, in a boardroom or in a research laboratory
as you are working in the woods.
There is really nothing
better than hiking to the beach or a mountain
top for work
on a sunny spring day and just taking it all in.”
– Jonathan Lok, Registered Forest Technologist
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One new job posted on
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