Processing nature’s resources
6/21/2007 9:57:40 AM
Some people are born knowing what direction they want their life to take. Jordon Pye of Benoit’s Cove is one of those people. He completed the Forest Resource Technician program at College of the North Atlantic (CNA) in 2006 and is now employed in Corner Brook.
“I started on June 4 with Hearn’s Consulting, which provides workers to the mill in Corner Brook,” says Pye. “They contract forestry workers for silviculture operations for Corner Brook Pulp and Paper.”
The Forest Resource Technician program provides students with the knowledge and skills to identify and actively participate in developing solutions to forestry problems and challenges.
While Pye was unsure of the exact program he wanted take, he knew his career would involve the outdoors and the school he would be attending was CNA.
“I always knew I wanted to be outside. I was in the military for six years and when I was looking at the different programs, this one (Forestry Resource Technician) appealed to me.”
He says his time in the military helped influence his chosen career.
“When I was in the military, it opened me to a lot of things. I knew I didn’t want to be full-time military and it made me look into further schooling. I’d heard good things from people who took the program at CNA and I heard it was a good atmosphere, so I thought, why not?”
It’s a decision he hasn’t regretted.
“I thought the program was excellent. It provided the necessary information and techniques to perform any of the work required in the forestry industry. It provided the necessary aspects for forestry and touched on all the activities of the forestry sector. It prepared me for going into the industry.”
And despite completing this nationally accredited program, Pye decided to work right here at home in Newfoundland and Labrador.
“I just wanted to stay home,” says Pye. “I don’t really want to go away and be away from home – there is a different atmosphere on the mainland. With government and forestry, people are retiring. Soon there will be a large demand for government forestry workers in Newfoundland and Labrador – that’s if everything keeps going well.”
The two-year Forestry Resource Technology program begins each September at Corner Brook campus. For more information about this or any college program, call 1-888-982-2268 or visit the website at www.cna.nl.ca.
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Tanya Alexander
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College of the North Atlantic
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Glenda McCarthy
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College of the North Atlantic
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