Green jobs in Germany

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1 Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz Nordrhein-Westfalen Green jobs in Germany -a short overview- Thilo Wagner States enterprise for forestry and timber Northrhine-Westphalia Forest education center Arnsberg Zvolen,

2 Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz Nordrhein-Westfalen Green jobs from legislation point of view Total german labour force (37 Mio.) 18% food and agricultur sector (VLF 2015) 14 Jobs: farmer gardener Wine grower Veterinarian Fish or horse breeder housekeeper. 0,15 % forest sector Entrpreneurs 4% others 10% Employees Entrpreneurs 20% Employees private ownership 19% Total Workforce in forestry people Trainees 3% Management public sector 24% Forest worker public sector 20% (Universität Freiburg 2005) Up to 2020 a third of management staff will be replaced Innovative methods for securing and transfer of knowledge (Wiki, expert tools etc.) are demanded (BDF 2011)

3 Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz Nordrhein-Westfalen Green jobs from economic point of view Economic sector based on wood : 1,3 Million employees (11 % of EU Cluster), Annual turn over : 170 Milliarden Euro (TI 2013) Share of forestry concerning structural parameters of forestry wood cluster Forestry wood cluster (timber trade, pulp and paper, sawmilling etc.) 0% 50% 100% Source: Cluster Forst und Holz nach neuer Wirtschaftszweigklassifikation, Seintsch TI 2013

4 Gender aspects Underrepresented in management and decision making (Forest workers : 6 % Organisation level : 14 %) Gender mainstreaming activities in the public forest sector 25 Women at workplace forest (% of total workforce) Bulgaria France EU G 28 Sweden Switzerland Usbekistan Germany 4 ( Source: FAO, ILO 2011)

5 Dual Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Forestry (Source KWF 2013) Number of trainees in german forestry and their employers Entrpreneurs Private ownership forest Communtiy forest States forest

6 Future perspectives of VET in Forestry Lack of sustainibility by skilled workers: For national economic growth and development highly skilled employees are needed Challenges : Training places offered only by public forest owners No national coordination and less ressources for effective recruitment Dealing with the demographic change Countering trend of more young people choosing university over Dual VET 6 Abb. Urbanke, Baula, Starke 2016)

7 Forest workers and Influence of mechanization Strong Decrease of employing by increasing productitvity and mechanization Number of forest workers Number of harvesters Full employment at the forest sector Unfavorable distribution of age more than 35 % elder than 50 (Source: BA Statistik 2015) More than 95 % owned by entrpreneurs Prognosed mechanization rate 62 % means future potential of 350 more harvesters (Source: KWF 2013)

8 Work safety and migrant working Motor manual harvest Occupational health and safety Integral part of terms of service in the public sector Various systems of certification Migrant working Mainly workers from eastern europe (Romania, Poland and Slovakia) Appr. 20 big temporary work companies with 1500 employees (Source: DUFV 2013) Enhancing Safety and mobility A common qualification standard for chainsaw users throughout Europe Forest owners Entrpreneurs 8

9 Perspectives for green jobs Rising demand for Leisure, sports, recreation and health combining with forest Status Quo by legislation: Certified nature conservation and landscape conservationist Rangers Certified forest educators!!! Prognosis : Forest Event management 9

10 Challenge / Climate change Pressure on man and soil Climate change as Catalyst for existing problems! Employment and the need of raw material Loss of social acceptance A important part of policy which increases wood supply and manage the challenge of climate change is improving education and training of workforce and forest owners 10

11 Green jobs 4.0 Industry 4.0 Work 4.0 Social claim 4.0 Der Einfluss des Sturmes Kyrill auf die Entwicklungsarbeit des FBZ Networking Big data Cloud Computing Robotics and Sensory Demographic Change Climate change Globalisation Change of values Increase of codetermination from other parties (Ecology, Hydrology, Agriculture, Energy industry) The will be a increasing diversity and differentiation concerning the sector of green jobs 11 Komatsu 2015

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