Perspectives of the forest workers in Greece

IForest

Volumn 3, Issue SEPTEMBER, 2010, Pages 118-123

  Tsioras, Petros A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Certification of vocational qualifications; Forest operations; Forest workers' training system; Greece; Work perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861455179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0547-003     Document Type: Article

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