Forestry adviser jobs in Finland
Forestry advisers provide services and advice on economic and environmental issues in compliance with laws and regulations.
Forestry adviser - Which skills are essential?
Utilise computer equipment or digital devices to facilitate quality control, data management, and communication. Follow instructions given by a computer programme, create computer files or documents.
Review data, reports and studies in forestry. Based on this information, write a situation analysis report on biodiversity and genetic resources relevant to forestry.
Ability to efficiently apply forest legislation and principles.
Monitor wildlife populations and habitats for the impact of timber harvesting and other forest operations.
Protect the forest crops against pests and diseases by applying chemical control measures, sanitation and eradication.
The legal rules applicable to forestry: agricultural law, rural law, and laws on hunting and fishing.
Monitor forest health to make sure all necessary actions are taken by the forestry workers team.
Make use of various types of communication channels such as verbal, handwritten, digital and telephonic communication with the purpose of constructing and sharing ideas or information.
The environmental policies and legislation applicable in a certain domain.
Undomesticated animal species, as well as all plants, fungi and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems such as deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands and other areas including the most developed urban areas, all have distinct forms of wildlife. Handling of wildlife capture equipment.
Carry out tree inspections and surveys.
Strive to conserve and restore forest structures, biodiversity and ecological functions.
The study of combining agriculture production and protection and regeneration of natural environment. Includes the principles and methods of critical selection and adequate application methods for sustainability in agriculture.
Provide guidance on how to apply the most appropriate timber harvesting method: clearcut, shelterwood, seed tree, group selection or single-tree selection.
Estimate damage in case of accidents or natural disasters.
Decide on issues regarding various aspects concerning the management of natural resources such as forests and woodland areas.
Manage and plan various resources, such as human resources, budget, deadline, results, and quality necessary for a specific project, and monitor the project's progress in order to achieve a specific goal within a set time and budget.
Choose and prepare locations for new trees, making use of controlled burning, bulldozers, or herbicides to clear vegetation and logging debris.
Measure water quality: temperature, oxygen, salinity, pH, N2, NO2,NH4, CO2, turbidity, chlorophyll. Monitor microbiological water quality.
The characteristics of the system where living organisms co-habitate and interact with non-living elements.
The ecosystems existing in a forest, starting from bacteria to trees and soil types.
Forestry adviser - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Understand the impact of climate change on biodiversity and lifeconditions for plants and animals.
Set goals for personal development and act accordingly. Plan personal development by analysing work experience and establishing areas that need development. Takes part in training sessions considering his/her abilities, possibilities and feedback.
Build up forestry policies in order to enhance their sustainable management and to improve communication linked to forestry operations. These plans are meant to tackle issues regarding correlated environmental and societal changes.
Read maps effectively.
The tools involved in geographical mapping and positioning, such as GPS (global positioning systems), GIS (geographical information systems), and RS (remote sensing).
Direct a forestry team or crew and guide them to the common goal of completing a variety of forestry related assignments and tasks.
Compose written adequate reports about tree-realted issues for parties such as engineers, solicitors, or mortgage and insurance companies, for example if tree roots are causing problems to the integrity of buildings and infrastructure.
Advise clients on elements of good forestry practice and attend meetings of professional forestry bodies and organisations. Liaise and work on forestry projects with other professionals such as landscape architects, biologists, geologists, chartered surveyors, engineers and charitable bodies.
Examine the extent of the damage and consequences when an incident causes pollution, and report it to the relevant institution following pollution reporting procedures.
Provide training and orientation to new team members, or assign this task to an appropriately experienced team member.
Plant, fertilise and trim trees, shrubs and hedges. Examine trees to assess their condition and determine treatment. Work to eradicate insects, fungus and diseases which are harmful to trees, assist with prescribed burning, and work on preventing erosion.
Assist in the development and improvement of techniques for measuring and identifying trees. Obtain and use various sources of information to accurately identify and name trees, use tree characteristics to aid identification, identify tree species in all seasons.