Have a personal or library account? Click to login

Human resources for forestry in Kazakhstan: Current status, potential and problems

Open Access
|Dec 2022

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Administrative and territorial structure of Kazakhstan until June 2022
Administrative and territorial structure of Kazakhstan until June 2022

Figure 2

Forestry in Kazakhstan: (A) ecological zones across the country and (B) forests map consisting of different plant species
Forestry in Kazakhstan: (A) ecological zones across the country and (B) forests map consisting of different plant species

Figure 3

Qualifications of employees of municipal state forest management institutions of Kazakhstan
Qualifications of employees of municipal state forest management institutions of Kazakhstan

Figure 4

The number of employees of state forest management institutions of Kazakhstan in the context of oblasts and depending on the area covered by forest
The number of employees of state forest management institutions of Kazakhstan in the context of oblasts and depending on the area covered by forest

Figure 5

Categories of positions held by women in the MSFMIs
Categories of positions held by women in the MSFMIs

Figure 6

The number of men and women in the MSFMIs in the context of oblasts
The number of men and women in the MSFMIs in the context of oblasts

Figure 7

Level of education of employees of 120 MSFMIs
Level of education of employees of 120 MSFMIs

Figure 8

The level of education of employees of 120 MSMFI in the context of staff position categories
The level of education of employees of 120 MSMFI in the context of staff position categories

Figure 9

Number of forest specialists who have completed advanced training
Number of forest specialists who have completed advanced training

Figure 10

Continuing education of forest workers in the context of staff positions from 2003 to 2019
Continuing education of forest workers in the context of staff positions from 2003 to 2019

Figure 11

Distribution of the MSFMIs employees of the Almaty and East Kazakhstan oblasts by work experience
Distribution of the MSFMIs employees of the Almaty and East Kazakhstan oblasts by work experience

Figure 12

Distribution of the MSFMIs employees of the Almaty and East Kazakhstan oblasts by age
Distribution of the MSFMIs employees of the Almaty and East Kazakhstan oblasts by age

j_ffp-2022-0022_tab_003

ClassificationPosition of people
By category
  • forester

  • master of the wood

  • forest warden

  • engineer of forestry of all categories

  • director

by gender composition
  • female

  • male

by education
  • higher

  • specialized secondary

  • secondary or incomplete secondary

by completing advanced training courses and other training activities (from 2003 to 2019)
  • yes

  • no

by staff turnover (from 2015 to 2019)in the MSFMIs of Almaty and East Kazakhstan oblasts

Number of employees of the state forest protection (forest service) in the context of 120 the municipal state forest management institutions (MSFMIs) in Kazakhstan as of September 1, 2020

Name of the oblastThe number of MSFMIsCategory of employeesNumber of employees
totalwomen
12345
Akmola oblast13foresters3264
masters of the wood635
forest wardens350
engineers of forestry of all categories3510
directors311
Total49020
Aktobe oblast7foresters1477
masters of the wood285
forest wardens141
engineers of forestry of all categories82
directors121
Total20916
Almaty oblast14foresters4991
masters of the wood1057
forest wardens481
engineers of forestry of all categories14334
directors301
Total82544
Atyrau oblast4foresters601
masters of the wood121
forest wardens00
engineers of forestry of all categories81
directors50
Total853
East Kazakhstan oblast13foresters66133
masters of the wood14125
forest wardens485
engineers of forestry of all categories8633
directors327
Total968103
Zhambyl oblast13foresters2186
masters of the wood335
forest wardens420
engineers of forestry of all categories8211
directors221
Total39723
West Kazakhstan oblast8foresters2020
masters of the wood376
forest wardens271
engineers of forestry of all categories298
directors163
Total31118
Karaganda oblast5foresters1469
masters of the wood100
forest wardens80
engineers of forestry of all categories125
directors50
Total18114
Kostanay oblast11foresters2354
masters of the wood525
forest wardens432
engineers of forestry of all categories3911
directors181
Total38723
Kyzylorda oblast8foresters2245
masters of the wood521
forest wardens120
engineers of forestry of all categories345
directors90
Total33111
Mangystau oblast3foresters560
masters of the wood20
forest wardens270
engineers of forestry of all categories1910
directors60
Total11010
Pavlodar oblast3foresters1430
masters of the wood302
forest wardens172
engineers of forestry of all categories72
directors60
Total2036
North Kazakhstan oblast12foresters3580
masters of the wood752
forest wardens371
engineers of forestry of all categories3614
directors231
Total52918
Turkestan oblast6foresters1950
masters of the wood540
forest wardens220
engineers of forestry of all categories16824
directors141
Total45325
Kazakhstan120foresters347070
masters of the wood69464
forest wardens38013
engineers of forestry of all categories706170
directors22917
Total for the Republic5479334

The reasons for staff turnover in the municipal state forest management institutions (MSFMIs) of the Almaty and East Kazakhstan oblasts

Category of employees2015–2019
In totalIncluding for the following reasons
At employee's requestAt the initiative of the administrationBy the decision of the courtConscription into the armyTransfer to another jobRetirementIn connection with the death
Almaty oblast
Directors2821100231
Engineers of forestry of all categories150135300471
Forest wardens118000210
Masters of the wood5440121541
Foresters288226161310257
Total5314302134234010
East Kazakhstan oblast
Directors176000911
Engineers of forestry of all categories926500017100
Forest wardens40221101060
Masters of the wood90572002290
Foresters58348231438514
Total82263262496775
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2022-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
Language: English
Page range: 226 - 244
Submitted on: Apr 25, 2022
Accepted on: Jul 12, 2022
Published on: Dec 10, 2022
Published by: Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2022 Vitaliy Kirillov, Ashutosh Pathak, Svetlana Kabanova, Tamara Stikhareva, Sergey Turumbayev, Dinara Savazova, Talgat Kerteshev, Alimzhan Rakhimzhanov, published by Forest Research Institute
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.