APPLICATIONS are now open for a forestry scheme that offers a year’s paid placement, training, and mentoring.

Seven opportunities are available in the latest round of the Royal Forestry Society’s (RFS) Forestry Roots programme.

Matching college and university leavers with employers, the scheme supports future foresters on their first steps into careers in woodland and forestry environments.

The seven posts are: 

  • Trainee arborist, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire
  • Trainee assistant woodland manager, Moreton Wood, Herefordshire
  • Assistant parks and woodland ranger, North Northamptonshire Council
  • Forestry practitioner/ymarferydd coedwigaeth, Broadleaf Wales, Conwy
  • Forestry Roots trainee, North Yorks Moors National Park
  • Woodsperson – Tregothnan Estate, Cornwall
  • Forestry assistant – H W Forestry, South Wales

Applications for all posts close on May 17. Relocation expenses are available, subject to terms and conditions. 

For details of all jobs see the RFS Jobs Board at: www.rfs.org.uk/jobs/