The Scottish Forest Industries Technology Centre (SFITC) at Barony College in Dumfries has been officially opened by the Duke of Kent.
“The SFITC is an ambitious project to develop a National Centre of Excellence for Forest Industries Technology at Barony College which will serve the industry locally, nationally and internationally,” said the college’s principal Russell Marchant.
“Through partnerships with industry, contractors and educational institutions, the SFITC will become a dominant provider of forestry education and training in Scotland,” he continued. “Barony is now the only college in the UK to offer a forestry machine operators course.”
