11.06.2008 - The Labour Market Board commences information days for the people to be made redundant from RMK 05.10

The Labour Market Board, in cooperation with the State Forest Management Centre (RMK), will organise 6 information days across Estonia for those people who will be made redundant from RMK. RMK, which will transfer to a new administration on 1 July, will make 150 administrative workers, all across Estonia, redundant.

The career advisers and consultants of the Labour Market Board will advise the people to be made redundant from RMK, provide information on available job positions and introduce the possibilities for in-service training and retraining offered by the state.

The information days of the Labour Market Day will be held:
in the office of the RMK North-West Region in Rapla on Wednesday, 11 June at 11.00;
in the office of the RMK South-East Region in Räpina on Wednesday, 11 June at 12.00;
in the office of the RMK South-West Region at Paikuse on Thursday, 12 June at 11.00;
in the office of the RMK Kihelkonna forest district in Saare County on Thursday, 12 June at 11.00;
in the office of the agency of the Labour Market Board in Hiiu County on Thursday, 12 June at 11.00;
in the office of the RMK North-East Region in Sõmermu;
on Monday, 16 June at 11.00, the East-Viru County agency of the Labour Market Board;
on Monday, 16 June at 13.00, the West-Viru County agency of the Labour Market Board.

The Managing Director of the Labour Market Board, Tiina Ormisson, said that the cooperation between the company and the Labour Market Board provides support for both the persons made redundant and the party making them redundant – it is our job to be the mediator of work and, if necessary, the advisor for parties.

”We provide diverse help and support to those employees who are leaving RMK due to the reorganisation, so that everyone would find a new job as quickly as possible,” said Aigar Kallas, Chairman of Management Board of RMK.

In addition to the information days of the Labour Market Board, an information day was held in May on the job opportunities provided in private forestry. RMK provides several retraining possibilities for its employees; currently, the first 12-member group of harvester operators is studying at Luua Forestry School. Also, the future forest rangers of RMK and the trip managers to be working as partners of RMK will be provided retraining.

RMK, the manager of the state forest, is a profit-making state agency established under the Forestry Act, the main objective of which is the sustainable and efficient management of the state forest: reforestation, growing and use of forest, and organisation of forest protection. RMK organises game upkeep in the state forest and ensures the use of forest related to every man’s right. RMK manages about 40% of the Estonian forests.


Additional information:
Aigar Kallas
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of RMK
Telephone +372 528 1299
E-mail: aigar.kallasrmk.ee
www.rmk.ee/en

Erko Vanatalu
Public Relations Advisor of the Labour Market Board
Telephone +372 625 7706, +372 523 9312