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THe foresT worldThE EiNari VidGréN fOuNdaTiONrEWardEd fOrESTry PrOfESSiONalSWiTh Eur 86,000The Foundation, established to maintainthe life’s work of the late Industrial CounsellorEinari Vidgrén, who died in Octoberlast year, convened on 20 May to recogniseprofessionals in the field. It was the firsttime the Foundation presented awardswithout its founder present. The EinariVidgrén Foundation is chaired by JuhaVidgrén.Industrial Counsellor Einari Vidgrén,the founder of Ponsse Plc, established theEinari Vidgrén Foundation in April 2005in order to increase the appreciation of thework done in mechanised wood harvesting.The purpose of the Foundation is tomake the entrepreneurship related to woodharvesting better known and to make themechanised harvesting sector more interestingas an employer, especially amongthe young.The Foundation granted the Einariaward of EUR 10,000 to the following forestmachine companies: KoneurakointiLukkarinen Oy, Varpaisjärvi, MetsäkoneurakointiAhti Hirvi ky, Kouvola, and MetsäAalto Oy, Yli-Ii.In addition to recognising contractors,the Foundation granted four forestryawards and awarded 26 forest machinedrivers and 20 students of forest machineschools. The total amount of the awardsthis year was EUR 86,000.Regarding forest machine companiesand forest machine operators, candidatesfor the award are shortlisted nationwideby forest companies and sawmills. Withregard to students, candidates are namedlocally, by forest machine schools and institutes.The forest industry's recognition wasgiven to forest machine instructors PerttiLakkala from Rovaniemi and Erkki Puranenfrom Tampere. The award-winnersalso included the forest industry communicationsexpert Juha Aaltoila, the newspaperMaaseudun Tulevaisuus and theMetsäopetus.fi organisation, focused onmarketing forest machine related educationto the youth.30Ponsse News 1 • 2011
THe foresT worldTOP-NOTch mOTiVaTiON aT fOrESTmachiNE TraiNiNG fOr adulTSOne of the first tasks of instructor Erkki Puranen, who joined the Kuru Institute of Forestryin 1992, was the establishment of adult education. The task was pleasing to the formertimber buyer who had also worked as a forest machine operator for a number of years.For years now, the institute – nowadaysfunctioning under Tampere College – hasexcelled in updating the qualifications ofolder forest machine operators. Ever sinceit was commenced, the 12-month studyprogramme arranged in the form of secondaryschooling for adults has had significantlymore potential students than therehas been capacity for.Erkki Puranen, , who is in charge of theprogramme, considers the situation excellentbecause an average of 30 from a total50 applicants are invited to an interviewon the basis of their applications. Only 15of the applicants interviewed are then admittedon the basis of the interviews held.The process makes for a carefully selectedgroup of people who are superbly motivatedand there have been no dropouts. Theemployment levels of former students arelikewise exceptionally good and they haveremained in the industry.The total length of the training programmeis 1,500 hours of which a mere350 hours consist of theory. According toPuranen, one can master working skillsonly by working. For now, the coursesheld in Uimaharju, Joensuu, are in theirfifth year. The spare rental premises compriseonly a classroom and service facilities,since the actual learning takes placein the forest.The contracts concluded with companiesthat buy timber are of crucial importancewith regard to the programme'sfunding. The Centre for Economic Development,Transport and the Environment(ELY) funds two-thirds of the programmeand invites educators to submit tenderson arranging the courses. The rest of thefunding is earned from the private sectoror, in other words, by engaging in machinework. Erkki Puranen readily admits thatthe commendable completion of a singlecourse costs a substantial amount of money,but that the training of a professionalforest machine operator likely to stay in thebusiness only costs a good EUR 20,000.The sum can be considered quite reasonablewhen compared to almost any other training.One of the biggest challenges the organisersface is maintaining the equipment in up-todatecondition. The course must be able to supplystudents with modern machines of variousmakes and models. At the moment, the courseuses six machines, with the intention of changingone machine per year so that the equipmentdoes not age.The forest machines of Tampere College arein very productive use indeed, as teaching is carriedout in two shifts. The lively study pace runsup to 2,000 hours on the machines' metres in ayear. Students are divided into groups from thestart and the groups are provided with specificmachines for the duration of the programme.Quite often the selected students already havean idea of the make of the machine they will beworking with after completing the programme.Naturally, students also receive intensive trainingon the makes and models that will be used inthe future towards the end of the course.Erkki Puranen knows that when educatingadults, putting the students' experience andextensive know-how to use benefits the entiregroup. Strongly interactive studying achievessustainable results. Feedback on the success ofthe course is collected continuously so that theprogramme can be developed in the right direction.The feedback received so far from both studentsand their subsequent employers has beenpositive.Ponsse News 1 • 2011 31
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