Woodlands of Ireland provide aspects of Woodland management training to help support native woodland establishment and conservation. Please see some of the training currently offered.

Native and Semi-natural Woodland Operative Skills Training Pilot

This 78-day pilot operative skills training course on Native and Semi-Natural Woodland will cover a broad range of topics for 8 trainees to learn more about working in the area of native woodland conservation and management.

The training will run on a part-time basis from late October 2025 to August 2026 and be delivered as a mixture of ‘in forest’ and classroom tutorials plus work experience mainly at Enniscoe House woodland and at Laughtavary woodland, Co. Mayo.

Read more about this course and register your interest.

Native Woodland Conservation Training

Woodlands of Ireland and the Forest Service (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) jointly organise a course on Native Woodland Conservation for landowners, stakeholders (i.e. statutory agency staff, nursery owners, environmental NGOs and interested individuals) and Native Woodland Conservation Scheme (NWC) practitioners (i.e. foresters, ecologists and woodland contractors).

Read more about this course.

Hedgerow Appraisal System Training

Woodlands of Ireland in partnership with Neil Foulkes offer training for ecologists on the Hedgerow Appraisal system used for County Hedgerow Surveying, Data Collation, and Appraisal. This system has been adapted and developed under a Woodlands of Ireland project and used in County Hedgerow Surveys throughout Ireland. You can read more about the Hedgerow Appraisal system and download the manual in the following links.

This training is organised periodically when the need arises. Please email info@woodlandsofireland.com with your interest.