One of Coppicewood College's main aims is to support those seeking employment in west Wales in the countryside.

Our courses are designed to develop a persons skills in woodland working culminating in OCN qualification. There is ongoing support for students living locally on volunteer days.

As vacancies for Hedge Laying, Coppicing, Shelter Building and other rural woodland skills become available they are posted here for review.

Employers

If you are an employer with vacancies or potential vacancies for skilled woodsmen then please contact us with your details.

Volunteering Opportunities ADMIN

Join Coppicewood College as an administrative volunteer and help make a real difference supporting the volunteer activity to your local environment and a real contribution in preventing global warming.

Administrative Volunteer Vacancies

If you are local to Cilgerran or Moylegrove (Cardigan 3 miles, Newcastle Emlyn 7 miles)we currently have the following vacancies within the committee (working group). The positions are offered on a voluntary basis and at the moment without travel expenses( future grants may make it possible for us to offer expenses to our volunteers). If you are interested we would be most grateful to hear from you. We meet once a month on Thursday evenings in Moylegrove to review progress and decide next steps.The present core committee comprise 6 people, all of whom are fully immersed in the work of the College and support each other.You will also be able to join in with the woodland volunteers on Wednesdays if that is of interest.

Currently all the tasks shown below are being carried out by just 2 people so we want to spread the load.

Membership Secretary

We have just started a membership scheme and now need someone who can manage the database, and recruit new members.

Press Relations Laison Officer

Laison with the local press for news releases and advertising.