Sent in by Kim Mann from British Columbia:

Ministry of Forests and Range, The Tree Seed Centre (TSC), Surrey is responsible for registering, processing, testing, storing and distributing all forest tree seed to meet an annual 270 million plus Crown land seedling production program. This unique provincial centre is owned and operated by the Ministry of Forests and Range.

As the Testing Supervisor, you’ll be responsible for the very dynamic and fast-paced TSC testing business area. In this role, you’ll organize, supervise and conduct seed, cone, seedlot and request assessments and testing throughout the centre’s business steps, activities and decision points including seed/cone processing, registration, interim and long-term storage, production and distribution. Key responsibilities include ensuring that multiple and concurrent sampling, testing, inspection, analyses and reporting activities are completed in accordance with International rules, ministry policy and TSC standards. You’ll also ensure effective data and information management, resolve unusual or complex problems and provide technical expertise to centre staff, clients, contractors and students.

Additionally, you will supervise a team of regular staff, and prioritize daily, weekly and longer-term work assignments, set standards, assign resources, resolve problems and recommend improvements and be responsible for the laboratory infrastructure including supplies and equipment monitoring and safety.

To qualify for this important role, you bring a technical diploma or have graduated university in forestry, agriculture, horticulture or other related field, and you have 4+ years experience in a resource-related (i.e. forestry, water or agriculture) quality control, testing, processing and/or research environment. Alternatively, you have the equivalent combination of education and experience, such as 6 years related testing, processing or research environment experience and relevant on-the-job training courses. You also bring demonstrated experience working in a production environment with simultaneous work activities and quality control responsibilities and a minimum of 2 years experience supervising technical staff in a unionized environment.

For more information about the position’s responsibilities, qualifications/experience required, and how to apply, please go to http://employment.gov.bc.ca/index.php?view_posting=039729

I spend quite a bit of time reading about local forestry issues, so thought it would be a good idea to create a new feature on the site called ‘Forestry In The News’.

The way it works is random local news links appear at the top of the page each time it is loaded. You will have the choice of whether to click the link. Further, if you do not want the newswire to appear at the top, click the located in the upper-right corner of the page. This will close the feed down.

I have purposely set this feature up in such a way so that there will be no commentary allowed on the articles. If you want to comment then follow the link to the source of the article and comment there.

The Government of Canada is looking for a Forest GIS Analyst for the Fredericton Area:

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Forest GIS Analyst

Department Name: Department of Natural Resources
Location: Fredericton, NB
Classification: PC – 01
Salary: $29,780 to $59,369
Closing Date: December 10, 2007 – 23:59, Pacific Time
Reference Number: RSN07J-008815-000175
Selection Process Number: 07-RSN-EA-099-122860-070
Employment Tenure: Sunset Term* – Full Time until March 31, 2010.
A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar term and/or permanent positions.
Vacancies: 1
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If you are interested you must apply online. Pass it on. Closing date is December 10, 2007.

Click here to apply

I see that a few people have registered to have NBFTA blog entries delivered to their in-box. However some have not clicked the confirmation link that is sent to the email address you subscribe with. It may be an oversight or your spam filter caught it.

Please remember that when subscribing to the blog feed you must confirm the subscription.

Have a good weekend!

Todd

If you registered for the RSS subscription service that I talked about in the email I sent out then you will have to do it again. I screwed up when setting it up. I have enclosed the sign up form in this post. Alternatively, you can sign up by using the box located to the right. Simply enter your email address in the text box and click the ‘Subscribe’ Button.

If you do not know what I am talking about, this service will deliver all new blog entries once per day is there is activity on the blog during that day. This will help keep you informed of NBFTA activities in a timely manner.

Once you sign up, you will receive an email that has a link in it asking you to confirm your email address. This is to prevent spam attacks and false sign-ups.

Thanks

Todd

The fall 2007 edition of The Azimuth is now available. Please download it and review it as there are a lot deadlines fast approaching.

From Allie DeGrace:

Bonjour,
S.V.P. trouver attacher notre dernière édition de notre journal l’ Azimuth. Regarder la section “Dates importantes a retenir” pour les dates limites des prochaines semaines.

Hello all,
Please find attached our last edition of the Azimuth newsletter and pay close attention to the “Important Dates to Remember” Section as there are many dates coming due in the next few weeks.

Important Dates to be aware of:
- Deadline for Amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws. – January 14th, 2008
- Deadline for NB Forestry Hall Of Fame Technician Nominations – November 30th 2007
- Deadline for nominations for Executive positions for the NBFTA. – February 14th, 2008
- Deadline for NBFTA Technician of the Year Award – December 30th, 2007
- NBFTA AGM / SYLVICON 2008 – To be announced (March 08)
- NBFTA Big Tree Contest Submissions – January 1st, 2008

Dates importantes à retenir :
- Date limite pour les amendements à la Constitution ou les arrêtés – 14 Janvier, 2008
- Date limite pour la nomination de techniciens au Temple de la renommée – 30 novembre 2007
- Date limite pour la nomination pour le conseil de direction de ATFNB – 14 fevrier, 2008
- Date limite pour le prix du technicien de l’année de l’ATFNB – 30 décembre 2007
- AGA ATFNB/ SYLVICON 2008 – Etre annonce (Mars 2008)
- Soumissions pour le concours “gros – arbre ” de l’ATFNB – 1er janvier 2008

Allie DeGrace, CFT

Click here to download this edition

Click here to download past editions

Thanks

Todd

Hi all.

I am having difficulty obtaining online copies of The Azimuth for 2006 and 2007. If someone has a paper copy of these editions could they please scan each page and email them to me or mail me the paper copies so I can scan them.

Contact me at todd.macpherson@gmail.com if you can help out.

Thanks

Todd

Welcome to the New Brunswick Forest Technicians Association. I invite you to browse through our new site and visit some of the links that we have made available to you. This site will provide you the opportunity to communicate with other techs, see what jobs may be available, and to read our newsletter ‘The Azimuth‘.

We have now switched to a blog format. This will allow us to speak to members and better disseminate information in a timely fashion. Also members will be able to speak to other members through here.

By default, everyone is granted subscriber status. This will allow you to comment on individual blog entries. If you would like to have ‘author privileges‘ for the site please contact me with the following:

• Name
• Address
• Phone
• Email
• Affiliation
• Information you wish to share

Once this information is received, the association will process your request in a timely fashion.

One of our objectives is to provide one voice on forestry issues as they relate to Forest Technicians. The best way for your voice to be heard is to join us and we will be heard across the land.

Todd MacPherson, CFT

MFRS 1992