New Tasks of Training Staff for Forestry

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of training personnel for forestry. The predicted need for forest personnel has been established. The annual need for highly qualified specialists is comparable to the volume of state-funded places taught by forestry universities, technical schools and colleges within the admission target. The complex nature of forestry work, their high labor intensity, combined with the impact of natural and climatic risks on the process of labor activity, reduce the attractiveness of forestry professions for graduates. The greatest shortage of personnel is formed in institutions that protect forests from fires. An increase in the number of forest firefighters is possible when the profession "Forest Firefighter" is included in the List of occupations of workers, positions of employees for which vocational training is carried out in educational organizations. For the accelerated training of forest firefighters and volunteer firefighters, it is necessary to organize innovation and educational centers at the level of federal districts.