The Fundamentals of Workforce Development in Forestry
Webinar Details
When:
Jun 25, 2024 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:00 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Stephanie Fuller - Director of Promotions and Economic Development, Forest Workforce Training Institute
- Rebecca M Hunt - Public Service Faculty, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- New York Logger Training - Trained Logger Certification (NYLT-TLC) - .25 hour NYLT TLC Credit [credits applied for]
- Certificate of Participation
- Georgia Master Timber Harvester - Continuing Logger Ed. (GaMTH CLE) - 1 hour CLE - MTH Category B Credit
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When creating new forestry markets, economic developers will also focus on the available workforce. Mills and wood products plants need employees who are similar to employees from other manufacturing industries, which can be a challenge. However, in forestry, there is also a critical need for loggers, forestry technicians, truck drivers and more- essentially, the people who will prepare the trees, cut them, and transport them. This presentation will include insights from a researcher who studies forestry workforce challenges and identifies solutions as well as the director of a non-profit organization focused on developing the workforce that the forestry industry especially needs. This is the third webinar in a four-part series on Wood-based Economic Development.
About Our Presenter(s)
Stephanie is the Director of Promotions and Economic Development for the Forest Workforce Training Institute (ForestryWorks®). She is responsible for the marketing and promotional efforts of FWTI’s brand ForestryWorks®, economic and workforce related research and projects, and the expansion of the ForestryWorks® programming across the United States. Stephanie is a graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics and is a part of a fourth-generation logging family from Chambers County, Alabama. She is also the author of the forest industry specific children’s book series the “Tiny Timber Crew” featuring titles Lucy Meets a Logger, Travis Visits a Tree Farm and Sam Visits a Sawmill.
Rebecca Hunt is a Public Service Faculty member in the Workforce and Economic Analysis Division at the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government. She specializes in project management and labor market data analysis. She assists various organizations, from small rural communities to large state agencies, with their workforce development needs through technical assistance, applied research, and meeting facilitation. Rebecca joined the Institute of Government as a graduate research assistant in 2017 and has held several roles in her tenure. She earned her bachelor’s degree in international affairs with a minor in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College and her Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Georgia.
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