Forestry workers
Forestry skilled worker is a job title in Austria and it was in the GDR . The area of responsibility is similar to that of the German forest manager .
Training in Austria
The training to become a skilled forest worker can be completed at the Agricultural Technical School Rotholz as well as in Traunkirchen (forestry training center of the BFW) or Schlägl. There are three training paths that conclude with the forestry skilled worker examination.
Teaching
Every skilled forest worker has to complete a three-year apprenticeship in a forest company and attend the state vocational school for forestry in Rotholz for nine weeks each year. Then he has to take a forestry skilled worker examination.
Connection gauge
After graduating from an agricultural college, there is a one-year apprenticeship. This can be home apprenticeship if the teacher is at least an agricultural worker. The third year of a vocational school for forestry must be attended for nine weeks during the apprenticeship. Then the forestry worker examination is taken.
Second-chance education
After three years of forestry practice, this training can begin at the age of at least 20. It consists of at least 160 hours of preparatory courses and concludes with the forestry skilled worker examination.
Forestry Master
Forestry workers can take the master craftsman examination after three years of practice and attending preparatory courses . You then use the job title of master forestry manager.