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BellTIME BellTIME Transition Year Placements Have you Considered a Career in Traditionally, Forestry is the art, science, and practice of managing forests and plantations. The forestry and timber sector in Ireland includes growing the forests, harvesting and haulage, and the processing of the various wood products. With its climate and suitable soils, Ireland can grow many tree species considerably faster than its European neighbours giving Ireland a strong comparative advantage in the growing of wood fibre. Forestry today has developed a more technological focus with exciting innovations improving the ways in which we collect and manage data enabling Coillte to becoming a market leader worldwide in terms of Forest Technology. At Coillte we are passionate about our core purpose to enrich lives locally, nationally and globally through the innovative and sustainable management of natural resources. We believe our employees play a pivotal role in our purpose so we employ talented people with an array of different skills and expertise to enable us to continue to grow and innovate. We encourage formal work experience for a number of second level students each year across our entire forestry business areas. This work experience gives students the opportunity to experience what work is like and explore options for possible future careers. Forestry? To find out more see www.coillte.ie or email: [email protected] Student Internship Programme Graduate Development Programme For students that progress to study Forestry at third level we offer an internship programme, allowing students to integrate theory with practical work experience while assisting businesses with work. This Programme provides supervised career related work experience that allows students to apply the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom in a professional work environment. Following graduation we take on a number of recently qualified graduates and offer them an initial two year placement with the aim of gaining invaluable experience across our forestry division and developing a long term career with Coillte. Our program enhances their educational background by providing opportunities for career exploration and development of industry specific skills while encouraging personal development. Graduates are placed across the areas of Resource Optimisation Analysis & Planning, Harvesting & Operations Management, Customer Supply Management or Financial Planning & Analysis with the opportunity to apply technical learning, and further development of skills and competencies within an exciting and customer focused forestry business. There are a number of opportunities that are available to students as stepping stones to a career in Forestry at Coillte. 38 39