Specialties, career, and ways forward
Opportunities as forest and nature technician
The forest and nature technician education gives you a versatile foundation for work in nature, and there are several paths to take when you are fully trained.
§Where can you work?
- 01Forest districts and private forest owners
- 02Municipalities and nature management
- 03Companies in landscaping and nature care
- 04Nature Agency's and public areas
- 05Self-employed business with forestry and nature tasks
§Specialization
Some become particularly skilled at, for example, machine work, nature management or game management. Strong specialized knowledge makes you valuable in the workplace.
§Further education
You can build on the training, among other things toward forest and landscape engineer or agricultural technologist. This opens up roles with more responsibility, planning, and management.
§A trade with meaning
For many the greatest thing about the trade is working outdoors in nature and seeing concrete results of the work. It gives a meaningful working life close to nature.
“Few trades let you see the result of your work grow in the landscape year after year.”