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Biodiversity, Landscape and Forests

Certificate of Professional Aptitude in Forestry Work

Level 4

Duration2 years

Level

Year 9 post

Pre-registration

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Biodiversity, Landscape and Forests

Certificate of Professional Aptitude in Forestry Work

Level 4

Duration2 years

Level

Year 9 post

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School route · Apprenticeship · Continuing professional development
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The training

Level 4 State Diploma, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty. Registered in the RNCP on 18/12/2023 under number 38391
Objectives
  • Carry out the planting and maintenance of plots (pre-commercial thinning, clearing, pruning, selection of standard trees, silviculture...)
  • Carry out tree felling
  • Participate in maintenance and preservation activities for natural environments and infrastructure surroundings
  • Public reception facility layout
  • Specialisations in tree felling and cross-cutting operations
  • Meet production targets (deadlines, volume of timber cut, etc.) by applying safety rules and respecting the environment
  • Working in coordination with the forestry machinery on site

General skills

  • UCG 1: Acting in everyday situations with the help of social cues.
  • UCG 2: Undertake activities that contribute to one’s personal development.
  • UCG 3: Interacting with one’s social environment.

Professional skills

  • UCP 1: Carrying out forestry work safely (work to improve and regenerate forest stands)
  • UCP 2: Carrying out manual timber harvesting work safely (felling and processing timber)
  • UCP 3: Carry out work relating to the routine maintenance of plant, equipment and installations (condition-based maintenance and repair work on plant and equipment
  • UCP 4: Adapting to local professional challenges (Tree-climbing assistant)

APPRENTICESHIP

The course runs over 2 years (880 hours):

  • 13 weeks a year at a training centre (440 hours per year)
  • 39 weeks in a company

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The course runs for one year (800 hours)

To help you, an active learning approach is used. It draws on your experience in the workplace and encourages you to observe, discover, try things out and practise in real-life situations. In this way, it enables you to develop your knowledge, skills and personal qualities step by step.

  • Real-life scenario on a building site
  • Fully equipped on-site workshop
  • Extensive range of equipment from various brands
  • A training centre situated at the edge of the Mormal Forest, the largest forest in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais regions
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Our strengths

Three complementary campuses (Genech, Lesquin, Bavay), welcoming halls of residence, a vibrant student life and unique learning environments.

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Farm, greenhouses, laboratory, technical workshops… discover all our educational workshops, which serve as genuine technical facilities for learning in real-world conditions.

What next?

career prospects

The holder of the CAPa in Forestry Work can enter the professional world directly

Public sector:

  • Local authority staff member or staff member of a national or regional nature park
  • Forestry worker, National Forestry Office

Private sector:

  • Forestry Cooperative or Forestry Group Agent,
  • Forestry Operations Operator,
  • Forestry worker
  • Manual felling operator

Information

practices

Tariffs

APPRENTICESHIP (2 years)

For 12 months: €9,000

(Training costs are covered by OPCOs and funding obtained by the CFA. There is therefore no remaining cost for the apprentice and the company.).

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (1 year)

For 12 months: €10,200

(Possible funding options depending on your circumstances: self-funding, career transition support, etc. – please check with the centre.)

Find the breakdown of training costs on our dedicated page

Bursaries: visit our dedicated page to find out about available financial assistance.

Read the terms and conditions of sale

An adult wishing to acquire skills specific to a particular field through work-based learning.

  • To be at least 16 and under 30 years old in the first year of training (apprenticeship)
  • Ages 18 and over (continuing education)
  • To have demonstrated an understanding of the principles of spatial planning
  • Being attentive and mindful of safety
  • Good physical fitness

8 to 12 learners

The course begins in September, subject to the submission of a completed enrolment form and a signed apprenticeship contract.

Qualification organised and delivered in capitalisable units (UC) specific to continuing vocational training and apprenticeships.

The CUs can be obtained independently and are valid for a period of 5 years.

Each UC corresponds to a competence in the certification framework, which is assessed in a professional situation and through an explanatory interview on practices evaluated on site.

  • Premises: Fire safety regulations for public buildings (ERP) – Premises accessible to people with reduced mobility
  • Possible academic guidance and adaptation, mentored by a disability officer
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