A course for increasing the knowledge about the industry and the core processes of the forest industry: that’s the idea behind the Treesearch’s Bootcamp course. Over a few intensive weeks (hence the name Bootcamp), participants gain both theoretical and practical knowledge about the forest industry’s processes.

“Bootcamp is a unique course, made for you who want an insight into the industrial processes, whether you’re newly employed in the industry or active in academia,” says Gunnar Westman, responsible for education in Treesearch.

In the course, participants follow the process from wood chips to finished paper through lectures and experiments, ranging from “regular” lab-scale to runs on the pilot paper machine FEX at RISE.

“The initiative of Treesearch Bootcamp is very welcome for several reasons,” says Pia Wågberg, contact person at RISE. “Increasing the competence in the field is important, but above all, it’s great to collaborate with academia on courses where we have complementary experiences, skills, and tools. Being able to offer FEX in this course is as close as you can get to translating theory into practice in education.”

The course will be held as a hybrid course with a common kick-off in Stockholm as well as a joint pilot run. In between, lectures will be held online, and laboratory exercises carried out either at KTH or Karlstad University, where the location is chosen by the course participants individually in the registration.

“We want the course to be accessible and facilitate participation for participants from our entire country,” says Gunnar Westman. “At the previous occasion, a similar format was held, but then partly due to the pandemic. It was appreciated, and we kept the format for this round as well. New for this year is the common start, or kick-off, on-site, to give everyone a chance to meet each other.”

Two who participated in Treesearch Bootcamp 2021 are Maria Karlsson, KTH, and Mozhgan Hashemzehi, Karlstad University, both very satisfied with the course.