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Alice Holt, Farnham

Management of grants and regulations for the South East and London area delivering policy for the government through working closely with the private sector to deliver the public benefits through grant and regulation. Specifically responsible for delivery of a £5.1 million grant spend for the area in the most cost efficient way with value for money as a.

Aylesbury, Bucks

Management of private woodland team delivery grants and regulations in Bucks, Berks, Oxon, Bedfordshire and Hertforshire. Management of team of 5 woodland officers, 5 admin delivery the FC policy for the Conservancy

Central Beat, Thetford

Head Forester for Central Beat covering Harvesting and Marketing. Finished up the gale damage from the 87 gale then moved almost seamlessly into the clearance of gale damage from 1990 gale! Responsible for despatching timber to market and management of 2 foresters on the team with a gang of 35 craftpersons.

North Beat, Tetford Forest

Harvesting forester managing a gang of 10 chainsawers and 10 tractor/forwarder/front end loader drivers, plus 2 lorries for haulage to the central depot for pit prop production at Brandon at the time. Last year in this post was spent clearing the gale damage from the 1987 gales that destroyed a good part of Thetford and FC woods in Suffolk.

Thetford Forest, East Anglia

First permanent job with FC on management side of the work in then Bridgham Beat in Thetford Forest managing gang of 10 - 15 craftsmen doing a range of management activity in the woodland including marking for felling operations, site preparation and management of the planting programme which was all done by tractor, machine and two men gang at the time.

Rheola Forest, Wales

Pre-college work with the FC. Started on management crew - planting, weeding, brashing then moved to the harvesting crew thinning, felling before finishing off on office duties prior to going to college.

Brockerswood, Wiltshire

Small privately owned woodland near Warminster, Wilts. Managed the production of Christmas Trees, coppice products, replanted areas of woodland cleared of scrub and hunneysuckle, gave talks to visiting students from local schools, produced regular supplies of firewood and managed permissive access and campsite. Not to mention all the other jobs around the.