FORESTRY & PRODUCT INTERNSHIP/ APPRENTICESHIP Summer Jobs, 2008 (FOR FULL-TIME JOBS, SEE "EMPLOYMENT" back to top
Greenleaf Forestry & Wood Products, Inc., offers seasonal paid or work-study internships/ apprenticeships/ summer jobs for forestry and wood product students that involve a practical and varied learning experience.These internships are intended to introduce the Greenleaf business model and possibly lead to a permanent job with Greenleaf. (see FORESTER ANNOUNCEMENT.) Work-study internships are structured for learning.
The forestry and forest landscaping work involves manual labor using chainsaws and other logging machinery and hand equipment. We include experience and training in the most basic parts of all forestry businesses – applied and practical forest management planning, resource analysis, project design, project layout, tree selection, cutting, wood removal, and slash treatment, along with equipment and crew operations. Tree planting and transplanting may be included seasonally.
We round out an integrated forestry experience with wood product breakdown in our sawmill/ pole peeler facility and with value-added secondary product creation and marketing, and match the work with personal interests as much as possible.See below for other internships/ apprenticeships/ jobs.All of our forestry work is done in a sustainable manner, much of it for either forest health, aesthetics, or wildfire hazard mitigation.Crewmembers will learn how to perform and help manage this work, and will have the opportunity with experience to advance to crew leaders and continued employment with demonstrated ability.
Greenleaf Forestry and Wood Products has been in business since 1994 in the Wet Mountain Valley of Southern Colorado.Our founder and forester, Len Lankford, has lived and worked here since 1975, and was one of Colorado’s pioneering private foresters.We are a community-based, integrated, full-circle forestry company, working in land management, forest landscaping, firewood sales, lumber milling on our handset circular sawmill, small cabin and furniture construction, and tree planting and transplanting.All of our work currently takes place on private land.Interns/apprentices will have the opportunity for frequent interaction with Len to learn, improve skills, and contribute to the development of a new type of integrated and community forestry business.
We are finding ways to create jobs and viable businesses that make use of the abundant natural resource we have nationwide -- small diameter timber.Instead of cutting only the largest trees in the forest, we cut what is good for the forest, mimicking the natural process and thinning to protect homes from wildfires in an aesthetic manner.This work produces a mix of sizes and irregular wood, which our mill crew makes into rough lumber, logs, poles, firewood, and value-added rustic wood products.See details at www.greenleafforestry.com .
Qualified applicants will be forestry or wood product graduates, physically fit, preferably have some chainsaw and carpentry experience, reliable transportation, a drivers license, current certification in First Aid and CPR, and a tested ability and willingness to work in all weather and rustic conditions.Experience with heavy equipment is helpful, but not required.An interest in sustainable forestry and business, willingness to study limited educational assignments on non-work time, and love of living and working in a small town mountain environment will be essential to success.
Paid work is hourly and dependent on experience and demonstrated skills, starting at $9/hr., with shared cooperative camping trailer or home lodging for single students available at $75/week. Special work-study internships may be 50% paid work and 50% learning for no net cost/income. The work season is variable and limited, with 40-hour weeks and 10 to 12-week minimum in summer and fall seasons.We have a responsible, shared duty, non-smoking, drug-free work and lodging environment.
Please email or postal mail a letter of interest and resume by email as soon as possible to:
WOOD MANUFACTURING INTERNSHIP/ APPRENTICESHIP/ Summer Jobs, 2008 back to top
Greenleaf Forestry and Wood Products offers Wood Product Internships/ Apprenticeships/ Work-Study and Summer Jobs with exposure to our wood manufacturing business. The work especially involves manual labor and using basic sawmilling, wood shop and carpentry equipment and tools.We start from raw logs and poles and create both primary and secondary wood products.
We offer experience and training in the most basic parts of all wood manufacturing businesses – practical and physical work in creating wood products.This will include, depending on the intern's abilities and interests, primary manufacturing (running a large circular sawmill and associated equipment, mechanical and hand pole peelers, wood splitter, log sorting, and lumber drying) and secondary manufacturing(project conception, design, cost analysis, prototyping, system development, product manufacturing, product marketing, and business management.)We try to match the work with personal interests, specializing in rustic and roundwood designs created from local woods with character. Special Work-Study Internships include structured learning.
See elsewhere on our website other internships and apprenticeships, and jobs.We are seeking economic ways to use salvaged/ harvested wood material from forest restoration, fire hazard mitigation, and ecological management to created sustainable jobs and businesses.Wood manufacturing crewmembers will learn how to perform and manage this work, and will have the opportunity with experience to advance to crew leaders and possible continued employment.
Greenleaf Forestry and Wood Products has been in business since 1994 in the Wet Mountain Valley of Southern Colorado.Our founder and forester, Len Lankford, has lived and worked here since 1975, and was one of Colorado’s pioneering private foresters.We are an integrated, full-circle forestry company, working in land management, forest landscaping, firewood sales, lumber milling on our hand-set circular sawmill, small cabin and furniture construction, and tree planting and transplanting.Our work currently takes place on private land. Interns will have the opportunity for frequent interaction with Len to learn and to contribute to the development of a new type of integrated and community forestry business.
We are finding ways to create jobs and viable businesses that make use of the abundant natural resource we have nationwide -- small diameter timber.Instead of cutting only the largest trees in the forest, we cut what is good for the forest, mimicking the natural process and thinning to protect homes from wildfires.This work produces a mix of sizes and irregular wood, which our mill crew makes into rough lumber, logs, poles, firewood, and an expanding line of value-added rustic wood products.See our website for more information.
Qualified applicants will be physically fit, preferably have chainsaw, wood shop, and carpentry experience, reliable transportation, current CPR and First Aid certificates, and tested ability and willingness to work in all weather and rustic shop conditions.Experience with heavy equipment is helpful, but not necessary.An interest in sustainable forestry and business will also be beneficial, as would a love of living and working in a small town mountain environment.
Paid work is hourly and dependent on experience and demonstrated skills, starting at $9/hr., with shared cooperative camping trailer or home lodging for single students available at $75/week. Special Work-Study Internships may be 50% paid work and 50% learning for no net cost/income. The work season is limited and variable, with 40-hour weeks and 10-12 weeks minimum in the fall and spring seasons.We have a responsible, shared duty, non-smoking, drug-free work and lodging environment. Please send a letter of interest and resume by email as soon as possible.
Business Models for Community-Based Forestry Look at different models and existing enterprises, from both a business and non-profit perspective. Recommend changes to Greenleaf that would enable establishing similar businesses or market network in many forest communities.
Community-Based Forestry Business Education Programs Study and develop training programs to establish and support community-based forestry enterprises nationwide. Include critical business needs, forestry practices, skill training, and standards. Design a system including internships, site visits, apprenticeships, and business workshops.
Adaptive Wood Products Development Research wood products that best fit small, integrated community-based forestry enterprises. Develop product lines, designs, marketing materials and methods, and build prototypes from sustainably harvested woods. Community-Based Forest Stewardship Co-Op/ Assoc. Model Research and develop a forest stewardship contract system (co-op or association) for small forest owners, public lands, and other stakeholders to share in a locally based, sustainable forest care and products business.
