Forest industry engineers, representing the qualified labor within the forest products industry, choose their field of study either deliberately or by chance. This study explores the main skill sets of forest industry engineers required by forest products industry. As representatives of forest industry owner of forest products companies were surveyed about their views on the qualifications a forest industry engineer must have.
This study covered total 7111 companies registered to TOBB as a forest products company in Turkey. Sample size was calculated as 67 with 90% confidence level and 10% margin of error. We surveyed 67 different companies.
Survey results revealed that employers find education received by forest industry engineering sufficient for the job. Employers suggested that the forest industry engineering curriculum be expanded with new elective courses offering skills on design and artwork, communication technique, public relations, marketing and machinery knowledge.
Employers should provide a job environment in which engineers improve their information and skills and support newly hired engineers. Graduated forest industry engineers should keep their technical knowledge updated in order to gain experience readily in the field with special focus on the communication and foreign language skills.
Journal Section | İç Anadolu’da Ağaçlandırma Çalışmaları |
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Publication Date | June 15, 2016 |
Published in Issue | Year 2016 Volume: 12 Issue: 1 |
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