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Nurture.
Grow.
Thrive.
NURTURE your knowledge and expertise.
GROW your credibility and career.
THRIVE among professionals who share your passion.
GROW your credibility and career.
THRIVE among professionals who share your passion.
Join us today and begin your journey to becoming a Chartered Forester or Chartered Arboriculturist.
What's a career in forestry like?
Careers in forestry and arboriculture are exciting and varied. It is a high-tech sector that is brimming with opportunity!
Trees and woodlands play a key role in efforts to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, and improve public health but we need an expanded skilled workforce to meet the demands of the sector. We are a leading voice for the sector on forestry careers and education and we encourage you to visit this page for advice and support on starting your journey with trees.
Voices from a vibrant sector
Our members work in rewarding roles in an exciting, dynamic and diverse sector that’s brimming with opportunity.
Emyr Parker is a Forest Manager for Tilhill in Wales. Here he talks about his route into the sector, including a switch from Electronic Engineering to Forestry at Bangor University.
It’s a target for me to become a Chartered member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters. It provides credibility as a manager and the MICFor post-nominal looks good to clients.
Meet Chris Hardy MICFor, Head of Plant and Seed Supply at Forestry England, as he tells us what membership of the Institute of Chartered Foresters means to him and his career.
Being a member of the Institute brings fantastic opportunities for networking. It demonstrates the knowledge and skills you've built up over a long-term career and signifies a commitment to continuous improvement.
Here, Elva Preston, Associate member and Senior Arboricultural Consultant at Wharton Natural Infrastructure Consultants, shares the benefits of being a member of the Institute.
Being a member of the Institute reminds us to keep on top of our professional standards. One of the huge benefits of membership is that they really value young people in the industry, and provide really good opportunities to mix with other professionals.
Hear from Gordon Brown MICFor (TreeStory), Lucy Pitt MICFor (Natural Resources Wales) and Felix Gregory MICFor (Pryor & Rickett Silviculture) on the wider benefits of membership.
I've been a member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters for ten years. It's been important, right from the start, to be recognised as a professional, and to belong to a bigger professional body
Meet Felix Gregory MICFor, Forest Manager at Pryor & Rickett Silviculture.
The Institute of Chartered Foresters does a fantastic job of bringing us all together under one umbrella, giving us a place to share ideas and representation in the sector.
Here, Lucy Pitt MICFor, Senior Officer (Forest Operations) at Natural Resources Wales, shares the benefits of being a Professional Member.
Being chartered gives you credibility amongst peers across the forestry sector. It also opens up a whole host of learning opportunities – the Institute are great at putting on conferences and seminars, and I get to meet professional foresters from all over the world.
In this video, Gordon Brown MICFor, Director of Edinburgh-based forestry consultancy TreeStory, shares his experience of being a Chartered Forester.
We encourage all our staff to pursue chartered status. The Institute offers a wide professional network with a breadth of experience and roles, which is interesting to see and be a part of.
Hear from Jonathan Callis MICFor (Network Rail Scotland), Olivia FitzGerald (Forest Research) and Tom Coates MICFor (EGGER UK) on why membership is so important for their career progression.
The wider benefits of membership are the opportunities to learn, develop and improve myself, whether in person or virtually, by taking part in the various events and activities on offer.
Meet Jonathan Callis MICFor, Senior Asset Engineer at Network Rail.
Chartered status gives me parity with my colleagues. I have the same status and they see me as a professional like themselves.
Here, Olivia FitzGerald, Social Scientist at Forest Research, shares the benefits of being an Associate member.
Right now, there’s a huge amount of interest in trees, which is exciting. The Institute has a really important role – both to encourage people to join the sector and to help them develop their skills.
Tom Coates MICFor, Head of Wood Purchasing at EGGER (UK), shares his experience of being a Chartered Forester.
Membership allows me to demonstrate professional competence to people I speak to on a day-to-day basis...it provides the opportunity to look into other sectors in the industry and broaden my horizons.
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Plus:
- Practical CPD tools, guidance and support
- Exclusive quarterly members’ magazine – TREES
- Free access to Forestry journal – more than 100 issues available
- Online Members’ Area
- Members-only events and talks (#MembersHour)
- A wealth of online resources, with 120+ hours of video content
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Members enjoy exclusive access to informative events and a wealth of online resources, as well as our members’ magazine and Forestry journal. Here’s a flavour of what you can expect as a member.
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