National Skills Shortages Strategy

SKILLS NEEDED IN THE WORKFORCE

Forestry

The National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI) undertook an audit of the forest industry’s current and projected skills needs. The Association produced the “Wood & Paper Products Industry Skills Shortages Audit” report in July 2006.

The aims of the audit were to:

Identify regional skills shortages and projections of future shortages;
Assess forest and timber industry skills shortages against identified skills needs of other industries;
Consider opportunities and barriers to workers in the forestry industry acquiring new skills through structured, nationally accredited training; and
A collation of existing information and outline the forestry industry’s skill requirements

Download the Wood and Paper Products Skills Audit ( 2MB)