Apprentice Forest Craftsperson

You will work alongside forest craftspeople and beat teams to gain practical experience whilst following a structured training programme. You will contribute to practical operations creating, maintaining, and harvesting forests as part of the UK timber industry.

You will be trained to obtain the necessary and training and awards to achieve the Level 3 Forest Craftsperson Apprenticeship.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

• Do forest estate management operations including vegetation management, timber mensuration, fencing, planting, habitat enhancement and protecting historic features.
• Support timber harvesting activities.
• Support recreation activities practical recreation facility maintenance, tree safety inspection and remedial works.
• Work effectively as part of a small team and respond quickly to unexpected work and requests raised by supervisors and managers.
• Complete manual work in all weathers in the forest environment. The job is varied and wide-ranging, involves close team working.
• You will be enthusiastic and work quickly across a range of skills and disciplines.

And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

How to apply

We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Working together
• Developing Self and others
• Delivering at Pac

You may also be assessed on Experience, Strength based questions, and/or the Technical Success Profile at the interview. The technical element could include a presentation, practical or written task.

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.