Woodland Management

A series of short courses in aspects of woodland management will be combined with a year-round programme of on-site maintenance. By the end of the year, students focusing their ancillary activities in this area will be able to identify all of the trees common to the British landscape and have a reasonable grasp of basic arboreal ecology. Awareness of the main UK woodland types will be combined with a practical knowledge of the principal management issues for small woodlands. Students will also have an understanding of the main regulatory frameworks and subsidies that are available for the sustainable development of small woodlands. As appropriate the Institute will also seek to establish day-release industry internships.

Indicative training elements

• Types of woodlands and management systems
• Creating new woodlands
• Managing established woodlands
• Coppicing and pollarding
• Safety issues and chain-saw use (certificate)
• Hurdle making
• Hedgelaying
• The uses of green wood
• The market for sustainably managed small woodlands and wood products and services