Steve Scott

Forestry Commission Head of Learning & Apprenticeships. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters

[Forestry Commission @ForestryComm]

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: https://t.co/aTw22IDe3H

#ForestryCareers @TheICF @CumbriaUni

[Steve Scott @SteveScottFC]

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
https://t.co/Epa0IcOOuc

[Forestry Commission @ForestryComm]

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: https://t.co/jIxvwFn3ZK

#ForestryCareers

[Forestry Commission @ForestryComm]

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...

https://t.co/CWyTTEi4ul

[Institute of Chartered Foresters @TheICF]

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 👇
https://t.co/wbkk9mAWzF

[Forestry Commission @ForestryComm]

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

https://t.co/nlZ6HR1O4D

#ForestryCareers

[Steve Scott @SteveScottFC]

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

[Steve Scott @SteveScottFC]

@ECB_cricket I can't be the only person who finds this strange. Tier 1 teams may only get one game (compared to 14 group matches for the men in the equivalent competition) and the final is on the same day as England play West Indies T20 excluding them from the domestic games!

[Steve Scott @SteveScottFC]

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

[Steve Scott @SteveScottFC]

@quine_chris @Forest_Research @RoyalSocEd @TheICF Back in the mid 1980’s I gave a talk on the @ForestryComm to a Sorority group. I recall Mr Holmes’ sister introducing herself to me afterwards (and me desperately trying to recall if I’d said anything that might get reported back to the DG!)

[Steve Scott @SteveScottFC]

It’s always a joy and privilege to visit Staverton Park in Suffolk, this time in company of @AncieTreesATF

[Steve Scott @SteveScottFC]

Super day with my Learning team at the #APF2024. To be clear, the bear is not an employee of the @ForestryComm

[Forestry Commission @ForestryComm]

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

[Forestry Commission @ForestryComm]

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

[Steve Scott @SteveScottFC]

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!

[Forest Research @Forest_Research]

🗣 “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.

https://t.co/pAul9di3vO

[Institute of Chartered Foresters @TheICF]

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 ⬇️

https://t.co/teDC7lSHD2

[Institute of Chartered Foresters @TheICF]

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.

https://t.co/teDC7lTfsA

[Steve Scott @SteveScottFC]

Grand visit to @Barchamtrees with @TheICF nursery group, treated to Keith’s warts and all assessment of a fantastic business

[Institute of Chartered Foresters @TheICF]

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: https://t.co/z0kM0mfWht

[Forestry Commission @ForestryComm]

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: https://t.co/k0Ay5kZxpN