Employment in the forest industry
The forest industry in New Zealand has numerous and diverse employment and career opportunities. The work can be:
- in the forest;
- in a laboratory;
- in a sawmill;
- in an office;
- as a logger;
- as a technician;
- as a manager;
- operating very expensive machines and equipment;
- working on computers;
- and much more.
For more information visit the Forest Industry Training and Education Council (FITEC) website. Another excellent website for information on working in the forest industry, and on forestry in general, is Forestry Insights.
Visit the Kiwi Careers site and read about the exciting careers of people in a wide range of forestry industries within New Zealand. Click on ‘Related Jobs' before going to ‘Personal Profile'. This site offers a range of general information on Forestry.
Other useful sources of information on forestry and links to some of the main training providers are:
New Zealand Qualifications Authority,
Tairawhiti Polytechnic
Universal College of Learning
Waikato Institute Of Technology
Waiariki Institute of Technology
The New Zealand School of Forestry (University of Canterbury)
Lincoln University
Massey University
School of Science & Technology (University of Waikato)
School of Biological Sciences (University of Auckland)
Northland Polytechnic
Telford Rural Telford Rural Polytechnic