July 22, 2015 2:54 pm Leave your thoughts
As an accounting student the number one question I’m asked is: “What firm are you hoping to work for when you graduate?” This has always puzzled me because I’ve never planned on working for an accounting firm. Even before I planned on becoming an accountant, I only planned on working in the resource industry. I was born and raised in Northern BC,
July 21, 2015 1:38 pm Leave your thoughts
Hello again! Hope everyone is surviving the heat and keeping cool. The last couple weeks for myself have been pretty busy. My crew and I had almost three straight weeks of man up with the occasional wildfire thrown in. With the extreme temperatures and reduced humidity fire hazard in the province sky-rocketed. Because of that we got a good chunk of fire line experience.
July 21, 2015 1:17 pm Leave your thoughts
Cost control is one of the basic steps in determining a company’s financial safety through volatile market swings and the very first step of cost control is to know your break even points.
What does all this have to do with Mr. Chang?
EVERYTHING! Contraire to popular belief,
July 21, 2015 1:12 pm 1 Comment
The past few weeks have been a flurry of activity as the tree planters have started to work in the south part of the FMA. After some issues such as density and j-root were addressed, the planters were back on track to good quality. One thing that I have definitely learned over the course of this contract is responsibility. When the summer students were hired,
July 21, 2015 1:09 pm Leave your thoughts
To start, I’ve been working with Outland planting for the last couple weeks, so I took the lead on making sure that the work was up to snuff. Now, with this particular contract, there are lots of little blocks spread out over five different areas which adds a good start to the confusion and planning, a headache but manageable.
So a few days ago I had an experience I’ll never forget.
July 21, 2015 1:04 pm Leave your thoughts
Nothing too eventful has happened as of late, so I figured it’d be a good time to walk you all through a regular ole day for me at the mill.
My shifts usually consist of 8:00-4:30, Monday to Friday, but can be a little more depending on my work load. My mornings are typically a little more rushed than I’d care for,
July 21, 2015 1:02 pm Leave your thoughts
It seems that no matter what you’re doing in forestry, things are so much easier with the help of a contractor. It is difficult to think of any job at Millar Western that doesn’t somehow involve outside help. We have contractors working on everything from laying out cutblocks and planting seedlings, to repairing roads and preparing areas for harvest. At any given time,
July 15, 2015 2:53 pm Leave your thoughts
A Short Story….
The day is Wednesday June 24th, the setting is beautiful White Spruce and Aspen mixed wood stands, with pockets of Black Spruce bogs and even sandy Jack Pine sites, in other words a very diverse forest area north of the mighty Lesser Slave Lake.
One thing you need to know is that these vast forests are not the only variable on the landscape.
July 15, 2015 2:34 pm 2 Comments
Hi!
The past few weeks have flown by yet again. I’m already dreading sitting in class instead of being outside in the forest. Not that I hate school, and Selkirk College does a great job of mixing outdoor labs with class time, but I really enjoy being outside working. Not to mention that making money is a nice change from being a broke student.
July 15, 2015 2:26 pm Leave your thoughts
Hello loyal followers of the blog,
This week was a quiet one. I’ve been out of commission since last week recovering from surgery. With new work restrictions limiting my lifting and movement, I’ve been supporting my department from the safety of the lab. So no, you won’t see pictures of me putting out forest fires or saving endangered squirrels.
July 15, 2015 2:20 pm 1 Comment
Another week, another blog – what to write about this time?
In the past three months I have had the chance to work a few weekends here and there, which has resulted in a small collection of ‘banked days’. Seeing as I am somewhat closer to the mountains here in Hudson Bay (as opposed to Thunder Bay) I took the opportunity to take a small vacation/trip to explore Jasper National Park.
July 15, 2015 11:23 am 1 Comment
The past few weeks have been very eventful, I was lucky enough to go on a work trip with the planning department to Anahim Lake shortly after I wrote my last blog. During our trip we stayed at an incredible lodge with great food right on the lake. Our work days consisted of venturing into the bush to collect site plan data for proposed harvest blocks.
July 9, 2015 1:23 pm Leave your thoughts
This past two weeks I have talked to a lot of people about how the perceive forestry and with employees of various stations within the sector on how they feel about their jobs. I thought that I might try and discuss the opinions fielded, these are my interpretations of my discussions and what was said in them, so take them as you will.
July 8, 2015 4:02 pm Leave your thoughts
Hello friends,
This week I thought I would share with you an average day in the life of a co-op student with Weyerhaeuser. First I thought I would give you a brief overview of my position. Generally, I work from 7:00 to 4:30 in the Chemical and Utilities department which is in charge of recovering the chemicals used in the pulping process and providing utilities such as electricity,
July 7, 2015 2:34 pm Leave your thoughts
Working in the Greenest Workforce gives employees incredible opportunities to enjoy Canada’s great outdoors both during and after work. However, opportunities in Canada’s forest products industry extend far beyond careers in the forest.
Last week, I sat down with Tolko’s Brokerage Manager, Brian Crossley. His enthusiasm for brokerage is contagious – he definitely left me excited about Tolko’s brokerage business!