Educational aspects of the profession of ‘forest machinery operator’ in view of survey results

Q4 Agricultural and Biological Sciences
A. Rutkowska, K. Adamowicz
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Abstract In the early 1990s, an employment reduction in the State Forests caused the lowest-income employees to be transferred to external service providers. At the same time, due to the lack of students applying in this field, numerous vocational schools were shut down. At present, professions in the forestry sector are characterized by work under harsh conditions combined with low pay and are thus rarely chosen by young people. As a result, this service sector’s average age is increasing very visibly. The aim of this paper was to gather information about the motivation of the students who did decide to begin training in this field and their professional aspirations. Our work is based on data obtained from forestry schools and a 9-question survey. Questions in the survey concerned the motivation to become an operator of forest machines, family traditions related to this profession, professional interests and plans for the future. The data analysis revealed that forestry education at the level of vocational schools is practically inexistent. For the past six years, the only unit that trained new forestry workers continuously was the Forestry School in Rogoziniec. The school’s graduates primarily pick up the profession of harvester operator and forwarder operator. Even more alarming is the fact that most of this school’s students are aware of the present employment conditions in Poland and are considering going abroad to find jobs. Therefore, in order to retain the newly trained workforce, it is necessary to improve the attractiveness of the forestry professions and to introduce systemic solutions for the development of qualifications and competences, which should be of interest to both forestry entrepreneurs and the State Forests.
根据调查结果,“森林机械操作员”职业的教育方面
20世纪90年代初,国家森林的就业减少导致收入最低的员工转移到外部服务提供商。与此同时,由于缺乏申请这一领域的学生,许多职业学校被关闭。目前,林业部门的专业的特点是工作条件恶劣,工资低,因此很少有年轻人选择。因此,这一服务行业的平均年龄增长非常明显。本文的目的是收集有关决定开始在这一领域进行培训的学生的动机和他们的职业抱负的信息。我们的工作基于从林业学校获得的数据和9个问题的调查。调查中的问题涉及成为森林机器操作员的动机、与该职业有关的家庭传统、职业兴趣和未来计划。数据分析表明,职业学校一级的林业教育实际上是不存在的。在过去六年中,唯一持续培训新林业工作者的单位是罗戈津涅茨的林业学校。学校的毕业生主要从事收割机操作员和货代操作员的职业。更令人震惊的是,这所学校的大多数学生都了解波兰目前的就业状况,并正在考虑到国外找工作。因此,为了留住新训练的劳动力,有必要提高林业专业的吸引力,并为发展资格和能力采取系统的解决办法,这应该是林业企业家和国家森林都感兴趣的。
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USDA Forest Service - Research Papers PNW-RP
USDA Forest Service - Research Papers PNW-RP Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Forestry
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