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Forestry offers many exciting career paths, including:
Current trends show that there are more jobs than there are qualified people to fill them over the period 2022-2031. With a median hourly wage of almost $40 per hour in Canada, the forestry program gives you a wide assortment of career choices.
The BScF program provides the best opportunity for a career in the natural resource sector not only after graduation but throughout the program. More than 95% of our students gain career relevant summer employment earning between $10–$20,000 per summer.
As a BScF student, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience, build your network and earn a great salary during the summer months.
“Working in the summer in my field has not only helped me with my school work but it has also helped me a lot financially. I make enough in the summertime to pay my tuition and have some left over.”– Chelsey, BScF student working her third summer for JDI as a harvesting supervisor in Sussex, N.B.
“I am working as the intern for the Medway Community Forest Co-op based in Caledonia, Queen's County, Nova Scotia. The MCFC manages 15,000 hectares of the old Bowater land in Annapolis County, with a focus on ecologically responsible and pioneering forest management techniques, such as patch cut removal and producing carbon offsets.”– Zack Bernard, ForEM student working for the Medway Community Co-op.
At UNB we are dedicated to ensuring you become career-ready. We will train you on preparing your resume and interviewing with potential employers. You will have many opportunities to gain career-relevant summer employment that suits your interests.
Our staff maintain a dynamic job board that lists hundreds of summer and career job vacancies in the natural resource sector. We also arrange for numerous organizations from across Canada to do on-campus interviews with our students for summer and career employment.