Ecosystem Workforce Program's Curriculum

The goal of this curriculum is to create an educational resource that is practical, flexible, and helpful to hard-working, dedicated, lifelong learners in the forest/ecosystem management industry. We recognize that while forest workers have lots of skills to share, they must also be continually updating and diversifying their skills to be competitive and competent in this evolving industry. As such, we have created a curriculum that has three core topic areas:

• Science for Ecosystem Restoration and Enhancement
• Technical and Safety Knowledge for Ecosystem Restoration and Enhancement
• Business Development and Management for Ecosystem Restoration and Enhancement.

1997 Ecosystem Workforce Project Curriculum  (pdf, 12.25 mb)

En Espanol:  El Proyecto de Fuerza de Trabajo del Ecosistema de 1996: Programa de Estudio  (pdf, 7.5 mb)
 

Watershed Research and Training Center's Curriculum

These documents were created in 1995 and 1996 by the WRTC as part of a curriculum for ecosystem management technicians and an introduction to ecosystem management.

Rogue Institute's Guilde for Building a Workforce Training Program

Created in 1996 by the Rogue Institute for Ecology & Economy, this document provides tools and tips for creating an ecosystem/restoration workforce training program.

Other Documents

• Advancing Oregon's Sustainability Agenda: The Role of the Ecosystem Management Industry in Achieving Sustainabilty (2001) (pdf, 24 kb)
  This document provides a summary of the 2001 Ecosystem Workforce Program Annual Forum in Pendleton, Oregon.
• Improving Jobs, Community, and the Environment: Lessons from the Ecosystem Workforce Project (pdf, 916 kb)
  This report describes the early work of the EWP supporting ecosystem workforce training programs that emerged in several communities to retrain displaced timber workers in Oregon between 1994 and 1998.
• Resources for Creating a Restoration Economy from Western Progress (pdf)
  Presented by Western Progress, this workshop describes goals and methods for restoring the Rocky Mountain West economy.
• The High-Skill Approach to Ecosystem Management: Combining Economic, Ecological, and Social Objectives (1998) (pdf, 1.1 mb)
  A preliminary analysis of the impacts of selected Jobs-In-The-Woods projects.