New Job Requirments

[Marklambert61]

Hey I'm looking a new job however they want me to have a degree in Forestry or at least be working on that goal.

Can anyone recommend a good online school I could get a BS in Forestry?

Mark

 

[forestryworks]

forestry is hands on... can't do it online

 

[Tree Sling'r]

Hey I'm looking a new job however they want me to have a degree in Forestry or at least be working on that goal.

Can anyone recommend a good online school I could get a BS in Forestry?

Mark

Oregon State University - online, no.

 

[Spotted Owl]

OSU has a great forestry dept. Lousy football team(GO DUCKS), but good forestry dept.

Even if you could find an online coarse I sure wouldn't want to test the book learning on real nuts and bolts work, without a few calouses earned along with the degree.

I know a few that have gone through that program. In the end they said they were well prepared afterward, compared to other schools of the same background. What ever those other schools maybe I don't know. Just like anything else though, books will only get you so far. The real learning is hands on after you get your degree. That paper says you are only qualified to get the job. OJT will keep you the job if you soak it in and apply it when ever possible.


Owl

 

[hammerlogging]

good and online and forestry? Doubt it. But, Mich State or Mich Tech or someone up there has a good reputation, you could probably do a fair bit of early course work at a local community college and transfer for years 3and4 to finish the BS. I don't know how much it staadns for, maybe you should ask a forest service person or something, but in the past at least, lots of forestry technicians just had associates degrees which takes only 2 years.

 

[slowp]

good and online and forestry? Doubt it. But, Mich State or Mich Tech or someone up there has a good reputation, you could probably do a fair bit of early course work at a local community college and transfer for years 3and4 to finish the BS. I don't know how much it staadns for, maybe you should ask a forest service person or something, but in the past at least, lots of forestry technicians just had associates degrees which takes only 2 years.

I have a 2 year degree. It got my foot in the door. But that's about it. I'm happy. I get TO GO OUTSIDE INTO THE WOODS while the people who have 4 year degrees do their work behind a computer. Well, there's one guy who makes the effort to go to the woods and does so I take that back.

I looked for online/mail courses at one time. Couldn't find any Forestry programs on line. Besides, it seems like it might be a good thing to have the labs in the woods, don't you? Also to learn what it is like to be in the woods because I have seen a lot of people come to work thinking it was like working in a mowed, landscaped park. That is not the case.

I went through a quickie Forest Engineering program at OSU (Orygun) and it is a world wide respected school.

I'm seeing some ads that mention "or a two year degree" now. I never saw that back when I started.

How old are you? Right now all the baby boomer foresters are retiring and I'm predicting a shortage, both in the government and private industry. It doesn't pay a lot of money, but is interesting work, usually.

 

[Bushler]

Hey! SlowP, don't be refering to OSU as 'Orygun', that term applies to the real college, (U. of O.)

I will concede that OSU has the best forestry school, probably in the world.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Michigan Tech has a great forestry program. Work your butt off and put you through the paces but it prepares you for the real worlds. We have something like a 95% job placement rate. We have grads all over the world working, its an internationally known program.

 

[Cletuspsc]

PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE. i graduated from there with two degrees in forestry. set me up pritty good for the real world. Im a logger now but i also do alot of procurement work for the mill i cut for. the college is very hands on which it has to be. you cant lern forestry on-line or from a class room, you just gotta be out there and do it. they offer both 2 and 4 yr. degrees. heres a link www.paulsmiths.edu... they are located in northern New York on the northern end of the ADK park

 

[forestryworks]

PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE. i graduated from there with two degrees in forestry. set me up pritty good for the real world. Im a logger now but i also do alot of procurement work for the mill i cut for. the college is very hands on which it has to be. you cant lern forestry on-line or from a class room, you just gotta be out there and do it. they offer both 2 and 4 yr. degrees. heres a link www.paulsmiths.edu... they are located in northern New York on the northern end of the ADK park

you must have alot of money

 

[Cletuspsc]

hahaha nope, grew up on a dairy farm. I got aid from the state and some pritty good sized loans. Ill be paying them off for another 6 years. the education was worth it though. and also one of the greatest experiences of my life.

 

[Zackman1801]

PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE. i graduated from there with two degrees in forestry. set me up pritty good for the real world. Im a logger now but i also do alot of procurement work for the mill i cut for. the college is very hands on which it has to be. you cant lern forestry on-line or from a class room, you just gotta be out there and do it. they offer both 2 and 4 yr. degrees. heres a link www.paulsmiths.edu... they are located in northern New York on the northern end of the ADK park

im considering going to college there! im down between that and University of maine at fort kent. believe it or not paul smiths college is actually closer and i live in maine! go figure.

 

[forestryworks]

paul smith's sure is pretty

i was eyeballing it for awhile when i was in school

 

[Cletuspsc]

im considering going to college there! im down between that and University of maine at fort kent. believe it or not paul smiths college is actually closer and i live in maine! go figure.

I would really look into it if your serious about your education. ive been up near fort kent and man is it up there. spent some time around Lee too

 

[Cletuspsc]

paul smith's sure is pretty

i was eyeballing it for awhile when i was in school

Did you go for forestry?

 

[forestryworks]

Did you go for forestry?

i was going to, but haven't decided on a two year forest tech school yet, so until then i'm just gonna focus on work

 

[DK_stihl]

Small World

PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE. i graduated from there with two degrees in forestry. set me up pritty good for the real world. Im a logger now but i also do alot of procurement work for the mill i cut for. the college is very hands on which it has to be. you cant lern forestry on-line or from a class room, you just gotta be out there and do it. they offer both 2 and 4 yr. degrees. heres a link www.paulsmiths.edu... they are located in northern New York on the northern end of the ADK park.

Hello Steve!

How are things?