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<p>The aim of this research is to assess the current status, potential and problems of human resources for forestry in municipal state forest management institutions (MSFMIs) of Kazakhstan. A total of 120 MSFMIs are functional in Kazakhstan, with almost 5.5 thousand employees, of which 6.1% are women. Overall 63% are foresters, 13% are masters of the wood, 13% are engineers of forestry of all categories, 7% are forest wardens and 4% are directors. The quality of education of forest workers also varies and a minority of forest workers has a higher education. The scenario also suggested that almost 3000 specialists had taken up the advanced training courses from 2003 to 2019. According to a survey of employees of the MSFMIs of two pilot oblasts (Almaty and East Kazakhstan), the average age of an employee is 44.7 years and 79.2% of employees have a work experience of up to 15 years. The main issues and difficulties observed in the work of MSFMIs staff were low wages, lack of modern technique and equipment for forest service, lack of systematic continuing education of employees, poor quality of education, as well as staff turnover, especially foresters, which consequently affects their professional level.</p>
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The aim of this research is to assess the current status, potential and problems of human resources for forestry in municipal state forest management institutions (MSFMIs) of Kazakhstan. A total of 120 MSFMIs are functional in Kazakhstan, with almost 5.5 thousand employees, of which 6.1% are women. Overall 63% are foresters, 13% are masters of the wood, 13% are engineers of forestry of all categories, 7% are forest wardens and 4% are directors. The quality of education of forest workers also varies and a minority of forest workers has a higher education. The scenario also suggested that almost 3000 specialists had taken up the advanced training courses from 2003 to 2019. According to a survey of employees of the MSFMIs of two pilot oblasts (Almaty and East Kazakhstan), the average age of an employee is 44.7 years and 79.2% of employees have a work experience of up to 15 years. The main issues and difficulties observed in the work of MSFMIs staff were low wages, lack of modern technique and equipment for forest service, lack of systematic continuing education of employees, poor quality of education, as well as staff turnover, especially foresters, which consequently affects their professional level.

Human resources for forestry in Kazakhstan: Current status, potential and problems

A.N. Bukeikhan Kazakh Research Institute of Forestry and Agroforestry

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Folia Forestalia Polonica

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The aim of this research is to assess the current status, potential and problems of human resources for forestry in municipal state forest management...

Human resources for forestry in Kazakhstan: Current status, potential and problems

Article Category: Review Article

Pubblicato online: 10 dic 2022

Pagine: 226 - 244

Ricevuto: 25 apr 2022

Accettato: 12 lug 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2022-0022

Parole chiave
forestry, municipal state forest management institution, human resources potential, education quality, continuing education, problems in work

© 2022 Vitaliy Kirillov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Human resources for forestry in Kazakhstan: Current status, potential and problems

Article Category: Review Article

Pubblicato online: 10 dic 2022

Pagine: 226 - 244

Ricevuto: 25 apr 2022

Accettato: 12 lug 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2022-0022

Parole chiaveforestry, municipal state forest management institution, human resources potential, education quality, continuing education, problems in work

© 2022 Vitaliy Kirillov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
forestry, municipal state forest management institution, human resources potential, education quality, continuing education, problems in work