August 8, 2016 3:52 pm Leave your thoughts
Hi again,
I have been at Canfor for just a little over two months now and I’ve had the good fortune to work on a number of big projects, which have also been really beneficial in my development in Human Resources.
One project involved the revamping of job postings. As I have mentioned in a past blog,
August 8, 2016 3:49 pm Leave your thoughts
Like all jobs, forestry has its bad days, and plenty of bad moments. Anyone in forestry can most likely think of countless situations that can make these days painful; being stuck in bad weather, quads/argos breaking down, technology not working correctly, endless beaver floods. I personally (if you haven’t noticed by now) absolutely hate having to cross beaver dams. Climbing over rotten logs at the bottom of a valley is also disheartening.
August 8, 2016 3:48 pm Leave your thoughts
So the last few weeks have consisted mostly of crossing inspections, and while I thoroughly enjoy doing them, they have presented their own set of problems. For example, the inspections that need to be completed are all in fairly remote areas where truck access isn’t always an option, and while I love to take out the ATV, I learned the hard way not to do so without a working winch,
August 8, 2016 2:55 pm Leave your thoughts
Walking through the naturally regenerated young aspen during our tree plant quality checks has to be one of my favourite times of year. After only a few year or less this aspen already trump my 5’2” and they are invigorating. They are a sign of nature’s resilience, they make the entire cutblock feel incredibly fresh and alive. As students we get to go into these planted blocks to check the quality of the planting operation and address any concerns our planters may have.
August 8, 2016 1:40 pm Leave your thoughts
Recently I have had the pleasure of receiving a tour of the nursery, Woodmere Nursery Ltd., which grows out seedlings for us when I went to go pick up a few boxes. Jeff, showed us green houses and how they worked per species, the assembly line for packing them up, the cooler room, and how the get loaded into the trucks to be sent to the tree planters.