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Growing Tomorrow’s Forests
PLANT Program for Local Afforestation Network Training. Gaps & opportunities, strategies, progress to-date, looking forward
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“Perfect Storm” • Aging workforce loss of
experience
• Low support from gov’t programs,
• economic downturn in the forest sector,
• collapse of private land programs supported by industry,
• escalating cost to deliver programs
• few employment opportunities for new forestry graduates
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Findings • 1/3 of CA afforestation staff can
retire within 2 years • < 1/4 of those are mentoring new
staff • ½ are “one person” operations • TO Field Advisors? • Seed collection / forecasting? Low
priority • Employment opportunities for
college grads in Ontario – a concern • Support for a mentoring / training
program
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Recommendations • Partner with a community college –
2-3 day intensive course • 3-4 grads in 6 month placements
with PDA mentors • Nurseries, seed, tree planting
field operations, admin… • Best business practices
component • Attend TO training
• Job shadow: • Seed & Stock Coordinator • Field Advisors • FGCA coordinator
• Work out the bugs, and expand
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Fleming College, Jan 26 & 30 • Two day course, 20 students
• Instructors:
• CA’s, Trees Ontario, FGCA, consultants, MNR
• Curriculum
• Changing objectives • Climate change • Soils
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Fleming College, Jan 26 & 30 • Curriculum
• Landowners / site visit protocol
• Site planning • Vegetation management
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Fleming College, Jan 26 & 30 • Curriculum
• Stock handling • Genetic diversity • Seed forecasting / collecting
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Fleming College, Jan 26 & 30 • And a “meet the employer” session
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Next • Interviews: 6 out of 15 applicants -
March 6
• Mike Walsh • Coordinated external
opportunities • Monitored achievements • End of project evaluations • Reported on program,
recommendations, etc. • Find sponsors for years 3-5!
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Year 2 • 3 candidates started on April 22, 6 month placements. • Hosts: RVCA, Conservation Halton & Lands & Forests
Consulting • Host partners chosen based on
• full-service forestry program • administrative & delivery
needs set out by T.O.
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Experience & Program Exposure • Tree planting under the 50MTP
(approx. 500,000 trees) • Assembling tree orders & cold
storage exposure • Survival assessments Year 1
through 5 • Landowner contact (approx.. 50
between the 3) & landowner workshops (3)
• MFTIP • Participation in forestry festivals,
ploughing match, schoolyard greenings
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Experience & Program Exposure • Database development, entry & link to
GIS systems • Seed collection & seed forecasting • Site visits & data collection for 2014
program • Tree marking & woodlot assessments
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Experience & Program Exposure • Communication skills & delivery of
material for the 50MTP (2 documents produced by candidates)
• Manual tending & chemical spot spraying
• Exposure to two Nurseries • Maintenance of planting
and spray equipment
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Training provided by Trees Ontario • Post Plant Partner meetings • Certified Seed Collection Workshops • Seed Forecasting Workshops • Herbicide Application Workshop • Soils Course • Seed Orchard maintenance • Seed Forecasting field trips with T.O.
Stock & Seed Coordinator
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Results • 2 still employed with their host
partners in forestry programs, 3rd with another delivery agent
• Model successful in ability to train & employ the next generation of afforestation practitioners
• Wide interest across S. Ont. by • PDA’s to act as hosts for future
mentoring candidates • Organizations interested in
sponsoring
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Delivery Model, 2014 • Placement of 5 candidates for
an 8 month duration • Cost share 50% with TO & host • PDA’s invited to apply for a
candidate position (due Dec. 6, 2013)
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Delivery Model, 2014 • Offer program to two forestry based
colleges • Mandatory training session at SSFC
January 25 & 29, 2014 for interested graduates
• Expand training opportunities for candidates with Trees Ontario partners
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Jesse Henrich, RPF, L&F Consulting: “Trees Ontario has discovered a great way to insert keen forestry graduates into the work force. The PLANT program needs to become a staple in the forest industry that new forestry students in Ontario can strive towards”.
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