CALL FOR MEN FOR TIMBER INDUSTRY
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WxJi-iL/ljN GTUJN, - May lo. The need for men to enter, the. timber industry and also th'e need fov suitable ine'n to iill ' vacancies existing in the State forest service were empliasised by the- Minister -■ of. Rehabilitation and^ Commissioner of.. .State forests,. Major C. F-. Skinner,4n a statement tonight.- . . .. "Poxestr.y .as-.a rehabilitatipn jopportunity for suitable' = ex-seryicemeu _ is well worth ;ponsideriug,". said kjajor Skiuuer. ' Aparjt. irorn. men required to go into the. .bush apd bring o.ut tim-,, ber so -vitally -needed, . there are .oppu--ing| for thoser wishingdQ-. nla-ke a career of forestry itself. By- dping .so they will not onlybe aequiring an injterestingn .specialised • vocation but ! will also be niaking a cfeditable coiiferibution to the. preservation and regeneration; of oue: of tlie lihest assets any country ean liayje. " ' i- - Forestry offercd - as many inducements as most- 'other occupations, he added. A trained foroster had a- wide variety of jobs xroih whicli to c-iioose. Tlitirc was thp urgent demaud for * men to be trained",W -leading. h'ands.% ThcSe would be required mainiy in connection with the esta.blishment - and development of aS'orest-ation, schemes involviug'a large employment of labour. Applicants selected would be given a varled ; lield of experience in' forest work for a* preliminary training period of from three to six montlis. Those showing sufficient aptitudo would tlien be offqred a sliort course of instruction. Sliould they pass this course they would be given immediate promotion to leading'hand stat'usj. Prospects for the men selected would tlius depeiid directly on the- impression they inade. . This 'also applied, to the prospects of advancqm ent beyond the status of. leading lian'd. Tliere would also be ah opiening for men with previous experience in the Kew Zealand native bush, for training as tinrber measurers in tlie indigeuous forests.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1946, Page 6
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299CALL FOR MEN FOR TIMBER INDUSTRY Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1946, Page 6
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