Career profile

Forest engineer: career profile

Forest Engineering generates opportunities across a wide spectrum of employment possibilities in forestry, environmental management, management of natural resources, land use planning, farm management and forest industries. Forest engineers can also work, as advisers on project engineering, construction, innovation and design.

Employment Areas of Forest Engineers

According to a survey done by the College of Forest Engineers in the first quarter of 2003, 89% of respondents were engaged in the following professional fields:

• Consultancy
• Forest industries
• Wood harvesting
• Civil engineering work in forestry
• Forest management
• Water restoration
• Environmental management
• Nurseries
• Wood construction
• Teaching
• Game and fish management
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
• Renewable energies
• Environmental quality
• Gardening & landscaping
• Mapping
• Forest policy and planning

The remaining 11% were involved in fields not related to the forest environment:

• Civil engineering work
• Computing
• Economy and finance

(Results of the survey work and quality of engineering education in Forestry, College of Forest Engineers, 2003)