| | June - July 2001 - Logging and Sawmilling Journal - |
 | | The Kuru Institute caters to a broad range of ages and needs, from basic forestry training for recent Finnish high school graduates to intensive courses for machine operators. |
 | | Students at the Kuru Institute certainly have classroom time, but up to 80 per cent of the training is practical, with much of it spent in the forest on a variety of harvesters and forwarders. |
 | | The Kuru Institute has always been interested in providing some of its courses in English, primarily to give Finnish students a solid grounding in a language which is so important to international Finnish forestry companies. |
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