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Growing Forestry Education in North Carolina
The NCFA is pleased to be a state affiliate of the Forest Workforce Training Institute’s ForestryWorks program. ForestryWorks’ goal is to educate students, parents, and teachers about careers and job opportunities in the forest industry
and provide interested individuals with resources to help them on their career path. The NCFA is bringing the Forest Worker Credential Program to North Carolina.
This program prepares students for employment in forestry and was developed in collaboration with the forest industry. Teachers are required to attend a professional development workshop to offer the program to students, and students are required to score 70% or higher on an exam to receive the credential. This
Youth practice measuring trees using a Biltmore Stick.
program has achieved great success, teaching more than 7,500 students and training more than 230 educators since 2017.
In addition, the NCFA’s Education Committee is collaborating with the North Carolina Future Farmers of America team to create a new high school forestry course for the North Carolina agricultural education program. The course will be developed in 2023, teacher training workshops will take place in the spring of 2024, and the course will be implemented in the 2024-2025 school year.
LEARN MORE about the Forest Worker Credential Program.
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