English to Russian Tech/Engineering Forestry / Wood / Timber

Prior to 1991 (under the Soviet regime) there were technical schools where forest workers were trained. This system has disintegrated with the shift to a market economy, and the workers trained under this system are growing older and more scarce. People entering this particular workforce now get very little training, and the training they receive is mostly by “shadowing”, whereby they are accompanied by a more experienced worker for some time. This decrease in formal qualification has caused a decrease in wages, which does not help to attract qualified workers against other fields such as construction of factory work.