We offer vocational training and education primarily to operatives in the forestry sector, the people who make decisions everyday about surveying, line cutting, road and skid trail alignment, road construction, tree measurement, tree felling or machine operation. We also provide practical training in reduced impact logging to public officers-including staff of the Guyana Forestry Commission, representatives of forest based communities, and representatives of environmental NGOs. Operatives in the mining sector engaged in tree felling operations have also attended our courses. better control of operations
2. improved compliance with legislation and forest management standards prescribed from time to time
3. savings in operational costs due to better machine use and preventative maintenance and better planning for machine use
4. shared concerns about sustainable forest management and environmental conservation
5. more attention to issues of occupational safety and health
Since 2003, we have been partnering with FAO’s Caribbean Office to provide training for countries in the Caribbean. In this regard, we have worked in Belize, Grenada, St. Vincent and Suriname. Students from the Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, Trinidad & Tobago have shown an interest in our training centre and would come once they can garner funding. The training done overseas is closely linked to the number of visits of VIPs to our camp (A separate folder with photographs on VIPs to our camp will be sent to you). We have also collaborated with World Wildlife Fund to expose staff of the Surinamese Forest Service (SBB) and indigenous communities in Suriname to visit FTCI’s field Camp.
