Workforce Development

 The Workforce Development Work Group is developing and promoting training and vocational programs and other strategies to expand our forestry-related workforce. 


resources


CAL FIRE's Wood Products and Bioenergy Program


Business & Workforce Development Grants

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Work Group Products


Forest Sector Workforce Study Report

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Education and Workforce Development Programs


Shasta College Heavy Equipment Logging Operations & Maintenance Certificate

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Lake Tahoe Forestry Education and Job Placement Program

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Central Valley Forestry Corps

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California Resilient Careers in Forestry

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Bakersfield College Forestry & Natural Resources

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College of the Redwoods Forestry & Natural Resources

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Columbia College Forestry & Natural Resources

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Feather River College Forest Health & Fuels Management

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Reedley College Forestry & Natural Resources

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Santa Rosa College Natural Resources

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Shasta College Forestry & Natural Resources

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Shasta College Pest Control Advisor Preparation

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Cal Poly Humboldt Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management

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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Forestry & Natural Resources

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University of California, Berkeley Forestry & Natural Resources

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California Registered Apprenticeship for Forest Training

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California Conservation Corps

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Forestry & Fire Recruitment Program

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Press


 5.27.22: CAL FIRE Invests in Workforce and Business Development

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Forestry Challenge’s 2022 Annual Report

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Shasta College Forest Health 2022-23 Year in Review

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The Nature Conservancy’s Building California’s Forest Resilience Workforce

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Centers of Excellence for Labor Market Research serves the California Community College system by providing research and data related to all sectors. THIS LINK takes you to their Advanced Publication Search where a search of keyword Forestry will pull up all LMI reports they have completed for the Ag & Natural Resources and users can then look at what interests them.


Work Group: Workforce Development


Partnering Organizations



Work Group leads


Big Sandy Rancheria – Sue Carter

Sierra Nevada Conservancy – Jonathan Kusel

U.S. Forest Service – Kathy Mick

California Conservation Corps – Aaron Dunson

Forest Products Industry – Tony Jaegel

Tim Robards – CAL FIRE

Becky Roe – Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District

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