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Building Skills for the Green Economy
The BIC received a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation Future Fund Program – Building Skills for the Green Economy. The purpose of the grant is to help facilitate the establishment of biomass projects in the province and to support economic growth of northern Ontario by developing workforce skills and knowledge in a wide range of jobs and positions.
Click here to view the BIC’s Future Fund Vignette.
The BIC is developing a broad range of workshops, seminars, certificate programs and university/college course components to help address the need for education in the bioenergy sector. Additional information will be posted here as materials are completed and partnerships are formed.
1. Biomass Harvesting in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence (GLSL) Forest Region
Goal:
Continuing education of forestry professionals through a training program that focuses on the harvesting, processing and transportation of forest biomaterials for heating and energy applications in Ontario. Continuing Education Credits will be available through the CIF and OPFA.
Activities To Date:
- The BIC gave a presentation at the Westwind Forest Operators spring meeting in April 2011 introducing the concept for the training. Operators were asked to provide input to the training by filling out a survey. Results of the survey were used to help build the training modules.
Click here to see what the operators had to say.
- In partnership with the Forestry Research Partnership, the BIC organized a field tour at the 2011 Harnessing Biomass II Conference, which incorporated materials from the training modules. The purpose of the field tour was to provide information on biomass harvesting, processing and transportation, using real examples from a biomass harvest in the Nipissing Forest.
Handout - Field Tour Overview
Handout - Increased Biomass Utilization During Partial Harvests
Map - Biomass Research Plots in Ontario
Map - Tembec Block 183 Treatments
Map - Tembec Block 183 Depletions
Coming Up:
In the spring of 2012, the BIC will be conducting four biomass harvesting training sessions across the GLSL Forest. Training sessions will be in the format of a half-day seminar, and some locations may allow the opportunity to add in an afternoon field tour. The following modules will be delivered:
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: Harvesting Techniques
- Module 3: Processing – Landing to Mill
Stay tuned for more information!
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