Forestry Commission Head of Learning & Apprenticeships. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters
Joined February 2015
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Steve Scott retweeted
Feb 13
For #NationalApprenticeshipWeek we're revisiting this recent blog from Gareth, who was one of the first people on the Professional Forester Apprenticeship.
Read some of his highlights from the experience: forestrycommission.blog.gov.…
#ForestryCareers @TheICF @CumbriaUni
ALT Gareth Biggins in green jacket and yellow gloves harvesting Japanese red cedar seeds for Forest Research at Thetford Forest.
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Feb 3
This is exciting! We have opened for applications to our Development Woodland Officer programme, a 3-year paid degree-level Apprenticeship as a Professional Forester. We have 8 openings within 5 teams in England. Closing date 1st March. Full details at
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Applications for the Professional Forester Apprenticeship are now open!
This is a three-year, paid opportunity which we're proud to deliver with @TheICF & @CumbriaUni.
Applications close at 11.55pm on Sunday 1 March 2026: gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-…
#ForestryCareers
ALT Person working with tree guards in a woodland.
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Steve Scott retweeted
25 Mar 2025
We've joined @TheICF to launch a virtual work experience programme on @springpod, giving young people the chance to explore #ForestryCareers, from planning and creating woodlands, to sustainable forest management, conservation and more...
springpod.charteredforesters…
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Steve Scott retweeted
24 Mar 2025
Working alongside the @ForestryComm, we've launched a virtual work experience programme on @springpod that gives young people the chance to explore the diverse range of careers available in forestry.
Help us by sharing this programme with your network 👇
charteredforesters.org/virtu…
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Steve Scott retweeted
14 Mar 2025
Applications for our Professional Forester Apprenticeship with @TheICF & @CumbriaUni close at 11.55pm this Sunday (16 March). It's a chance to
✅ learn in a real-life work setting
✅ study for a degree-level qualification
✅ get paid
gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-…
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30 Dec 2024
I am delighted and proud to see that Gareth Hopkins, our @ForestryComm Apprenticeship Programme Manager, has been awarded a MBE in the New Year Honours 2025 for services to forestry. He's led the amazing degree level Professional Forester Apprenticeship with @UoCNSF and @TheICF
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12 Nov 2024
At @WestonbirtArb with my @ForestryComm Learning team. I started work here as a student in the summer of 1983 and it's always a pleasure to have an excuse to return
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3 Oct 2024
It’s always a joy and privilege to visit Staverton Park in Suffolk, this time in company of @AncieTreesATF
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20 Sep 2024
Super day with my Learning team at the #APF2024. To be clear, the bear is not an employee of the @ForestryComm
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Steve Scott retweeted
11 Sep 2024
We're really pleased to welcome our new #FutureForesters, starting out on the three-year Professional Forester Apprenticeship with us and our partners @TheICF & @CumbriaUni.
We can't wait to hear more about their exciting career journey!
#ForestryCareers @UoCNSF
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Steve Scott retweeted
9 Sep 2024
Want to work in forestry?
Over the coming months, we'll bring you advice, inspiration, real-life stories and more to help kickstart your exciting new career.
📽️ Watch our NEW #ForestryCareers video to discover the difference you could make.
@Forest_Research @forestryengland
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5 Sep 2024
Our third cohort of degree level Professional Forestry Apprentices are with us for their first week employed by the @ForestrComm. Next week is with @CumbriaUni. On initial assessment this is another fantastic bunch!
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Steve Scott retweeted
30 Jul 2024
🗣 “During a large-scale dispersal event in 2021, #beetles were found to have travelled more than 160km into England”.
Read the latest blog by FR's Dr Daegan Inward for @ForestryComm on current #research into the threat of Ips typographus to UK trees.
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Steve Scott retweeted
29 Jul 2024
UKFS e-learning has been designed to make the 5th edition of the standard more accessible to everyone working in forestry and woodland management.
Find out more and sign up today to access the course content in your own time and in your own way ⬇️
silvestor.org.uk/silvestor/u…
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Steve Scott retweeted
18 Jul 2024
This week we launched the @LantraUK accredited UKFS e-learning programme that will help tree professionals get to grips with the 5th edition of standard.
Thanks to our partners @ForestryComm, @Forest_Research, @NatResWales, @scotforestry & @daera_ni.
silvestor.org.uk/silvestor/u…
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17 Jul 2024
Grand visit to @Barchamtrees with @TheICF nursery group, treated to Keith’s warts and all assessment of a fantastic business
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Steve Scott retweeted
16 Jul 2024
We are excited to launch the first-ever UK Forestry Standard e-learning programme, funded by @DefraGovUK's Trees Call to Action Fund, that will let tree professionals get to grips with the 5th edition in a new and engaging way.
Read more & sign up today: charteredforesters.org/insti…
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Steve Scott retweeted
10 Jul 2024
The Forestry and Arboriculture Training Fund will reopen for applications in the coming weeks, offering free, practical courses in forestry and arboriculture in England.
Funding is limited, so be ready to apply early when the fund reopens.
Read more: forestryandarbtrainingfund.c…
ALT Successful fund applicant carrying out chainsaw work.
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Steve Scott retweeted
8 Jul 2024
It's #PlasticFreeJuly.
Discover some of the ways we're working to reduce plastics in woodland establishment, including exploring alternatives to plastic tree tubes and recycling options for existing tubes, alongside @ForestryEngland @ydmt @EssexWildlife @suffolkwildlife & Tubex.
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