The forest, wood, paper and timber products industry is high-tech and modern and right now it needs good people interested in a career for life.
Gone are the days of handsaws and axes - even chainsaws are mostly a thing of the past.
In this industry there are careers at each step of the process - from planting the seed, harvesting the tree, processing the log, manufacturing the product and finally to selling the product.
Whether you want to work with your hands in the outdoors, or operate high-tech machinery in a ‘cutting-edge' sawmill or paper mill, there's a career for you in the forest, wood, paper and timber products industry.
This webpage was produced with the
assistance of funding provided by the New South Wales Government Department of
Education and Training.
Enterprise Based Productivity Places Program The Enterprise Based Productivity Places Program (EBPPP) provides up to $25 million from the Commonwealth through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to increase the skill levels of existing workers by funding the cost of training.
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About the industry Forest products are all around us, so much a part of life that we hardly think about them.
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Licence to work Operating mechanical saws, driving earthmoving equipment, tending kilns or boilers - jobs like these require experience, skill and care.
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Productivity Places Program As part of its Skilling Australia for the future initiative, the government recognises the importance of nationally endorsed training in assisting job seekers to acquire skills and gain lasting employment and assisting existing workers to update or upgrade their skills.
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Skills recognition For the benefit of your career and the safety and performance of the industry as a whole, getting skills assessed is important.
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