Forester gains A1 award

Richard Gable, Forestry Commission Wales’s area manager for the Wye Valley, has gained the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) A1 assessor award in trees and timber.

Now, along with managing Forestry Commission Wales’s woodlands in the Wye Valley, Mr Gable has taken on the role of internal NVQ assessor for apprentices on Forestry Commission Wales’s Foundation Modern Apprentice Scheme, which was set up last year.

In this new role, he will ensure that apprentices demonstrate they have the necessary skills and knowledge to meet the standards and criteria required to gain NVQ level 2 in trees and timber.

"The Foundation Modern Apprenticeship Scheme has provided young people in Wales an opportunity to gain experience in the forestry industry and I am delighted to be a part of this process," said Mr Gable.