Unique opportunity for young foresters

Friday 5 Apr 2024

 
This new opportunity comes with free conference registrations – up to about five of them in fact - for a series of forest and wood technology events this year being run by the Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA). FIEA has again teamed up with the WIDE Trust, a charitable Trust formed in 2018 that supports the development and education in New Zealand’s forestry and wood industry sectors to enable younger students, recent graduates or those working in the forestry and wood products industries to attend these major 2024 events.

The first event planned is this year’s Wood Transport & Logistics 2024 event running in Rotorua, New Zealand on 22-23 May 2024 which will be detailing for the first time, results from 12 months of commercial on and off-road operations with heavy transport fleets using alternate fuels in addition to early results from using some of these fuels inside the forest gate, in wood harvesting operations. The event is the eagerly awaited tech update set up for harvesting and wood flow planners, logging and log cartage contractors, forestry managers and forest owners.

Other significant events for which this special arrangement will apply include; So, what’s being offered? To help out younger employees, recent graduates and new entrants into the industry, this new arrangement will enable up to five young employees, recent graduates or students to attend these events in New Zealand with all major conference expenses being paid.

So, as well as the opportunity of learning about new technology, staying abreast with the very latest in research and operating practices, learning about emerging technologies (within and outside our own industry), you’ll be able to network with senior management, tech providers and your counterparts from across the country. Now that’s an offer just too good not to look at further.

Previous offers for tech events last year were snapped up.

Conditions: Applicants for the complimentary places have to be actively employed within the forestry, log transport, wood products or timber manufacturing industries or in a recognised training scheme, apprenticeship or course. The places are available only to those that haven’t yet registered to attend the conferences. And, to ensure the package is targeting the right person, the applicants should also be 35 years or younger.

What do I do if I’m interested? Places will be filled on a first in- first served basis, provided the eligibility criteria have been met. So, if keen on picking up one of these complimentary available spaces for these upcoming technology events, please make contact with gordon.thomson@fiea.org



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