Also called: Timber Buyer, Wood Procurement Specialist
Buys standing timber from landowners for a sawmill or paper mill and coordinates the logging.
You walk a landowner's 200 acres estimating how much lumber is in the trees, make an offer, and once it's signed you schedule loggers and trucks to keep your mill supplied with logs.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's or associate in forestry.
Ways in: 4-year college, 2-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Forestry, Forest Business.
Growing slowly.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI inventory and pricing tools speed bids; meeting landowners and lining up loggers stay human, with fewer buyers.
Classes: Biology, Business, Algebra II.
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