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In the hope of meeting the demand the wood council has partnered with Te Uru Rākau (New Zealand Forest Service), Forest Growers Levy Trust, the South Waikato District Council, and the South Waikato Investment Fund Trust (SWIFT) to offer a fees free programme through Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. The six to twelve week Generation Programme, which is a more comprehensive version of one that’s been run in Gisborne for three years, offers participants work experience in silviculture, harvesting and mechanisation, processing, manufacturing, technology, office management, health and safety, roading, dispatch, and transport. Site visits, training simulators, fitness and nutrition, first aid, transportation and licencing, drug and alcohol education, and NZQA qualifications are all built in. Once completed participants will go into paid employment with six months of pastoral care support and options to further train for up to two years to Level 4/ diploma/ degree level ....
Forestry industry struggling to find Kiwi workers - company offers bonus for reliable staff 9 Apr, 2021 08:00 PM 6 minutes to read The silviculture industry is struggling to find reliable workers to do jobs like Juanito Jr Miculob s. Photo / Andrew Warner The silviculture industry is struggling to find reliable workers to do jobs like Juanito Jr Miculob s. Photo / Andrew Warner A contractor is offering a yearly bonus of about $3640 if workers turn up for work and stay drug-free as the silviculture industry struggles to recruit and retain good staff. Training programmes have been introduced but Kiwis are reluctant to take on the physically demanding jobs, experts say, and there is still a reliance on migrants. ....