Main building of the Czech Forestry Academy is situated near the Trutnov town centre. It neighbours with the town park with many interesting woody plants. The School Forestry District is located on the outskirts of Trutnov. The town of Trutnov is one of the gateways to Krkonoše, the highest mountain range in the Czech Republic with the oldest Czech National Park KRNAP and the tallest Czech mountain Sněžka. One of the school centres is located in Svoboda nad Úpou which is about 12 km from Trutnov towards Pec pod Sněžkou.
Czech Forestry Academy Trutnov
Our college has a 160-year tradition and offers vocational programmes, graduation programmes and programmes leading to DiS degree in the field of Forestry and Environment. It is the only school in the Czech Republic that offers a vocational programme in lumber machinery operating and is fully equipped for this type of courses. The school closely cooperates with Faculties of Forestry as well as foreign Forestry colleges. It is a training school of the Czech Agriculture University in Prague and the centre of vocational training of the Czech Ministry of Agriculture.
Trutnov
The main part of the Academy situated in Trutnov and provides graduation programmes in Forestry and Environmental Protection and Mechanization and Services, distance courses and DiS programmes in Forestry.
Svoboda nad Úpou
Another Academy centre is situated Svoboda nad Úpou and provides vocational courses in Forest Mechanization and a graduation programme Mechanization and Services. Students who have passed the graduation exam can study a one-year follow-up course to qualify as Operators of Lumbering and Transport Vehicles.
Horní Staré Město
The School Forest District in Horní Staré Město provides work experience and practical training for students of vocational and graduation programmes. COV provides DiS degree courses and practical lessons for students of DiS degree and graduation courses. The Centre is equipped with modern teaching aids and forestry machines.
Increasing graduates’ qualification
Czech Forestry Academy Trutnov offers further vocational training to qualify as Forestry Mechanization Experts, to obtain a certification to use chainsaw, brush cutter, forest tractors, hydraulic cranes for timber transport, belt transport tractors and lumber harvesters. And all of these can be obtained in the course of a single school year! The offer is valid for the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland! Application forms along with a copy of your final school reports and a copy of your driving licence type T or C should be sent by email to francjir@gmail.com or by post to the school postal address. More information to be provided by Ing. Jiří Franc, tel. +420 605 487 590.
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