Apprenticeship as Forester

The Green and Forestry Department manages, among other things, approx. 200 ha of green spaces, approx. 360 ha of forest and approx. 12,000 city trees in the Flensburg urban area. The Forestry and Green Maintenance departments maintain approx. 80 km of sand-water-bound paths. Training duration: 3 years. Training location: forest areas in Flensburg and TBZ operations yard (Schleswiger Straße 76). Vocational school: block instruction at the State Vocational School of the Forestry College in Bad Segeberg. Holiday entitlement: 31 days. Training remuneration (according to TVAöD): 1st year: €1,368.26/month, 2nd year: €1,418.20/month, 3rd year: €1,464.02/month.

A prospective forester (m/f/d) learns to understand the cycles of nature that take effect over many decades and longer, and to utilise them in the forest – which is simultaneously an economic enterprise – with its various functions for people: The forest must be planted, maintained, preserved and developed to serve recreation, make an important contribution to climate improvement and generate revenue from the sale of timber. This results in versatile practical tasks outdoors, from establishing new forests through their care to the harvest of timber and other forest products.

• Understanding of nature and its cycles
• Technical aptitude for operating special forestry machinery
• weatherproof
• physical resilience
• commitment and willingness to perform