Involving young people in peatland work - feedback from participants
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What do young people gain from the experience?
According to Tiphaine Baron, who wrote the full report on Breton LEADER+ peatland project work: "During all the time spent with the group of students I was a witness to their enthusiasm."
They were positive in their approach, said Tiphaine, and the atmosphere was relaxed. All the students said they were looking for this type of practical, on-site work experience within their training: "That is part of what our future job could be all about. It is very important for us to be confronted with the reality of a site manager."
These are young people who are learning and searching for what they would like to do as a career. Some already have the strong feeling that this profession will suit them; some are still wondering whether it will suit them or not, or whether they will suit it. They all agree that there is not any better way to find out more than to be here, on site, with a concrete mission:
"This type of experience helps us to better know what we really want and would like to do and also what are we are good at. This is something that can't be learnt in a classroom. There is sometimes a real gap between what we expect a practical assignment to be and its reality. Working outside, in the mud, cutting scrub, building a footpath with our hands, tools and brains (!), is part of it!".