{"id":83019,"date":"2015-04-09T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=83019"},"modified":"2024-11-28T08:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:44:42","slug":"resource_jobs_under_our_noses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=83019","title":{"rendered":"Resource jobs under our noses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some occupations in BC are, at first glance, seemingly quite removed from the front lines of resource commodities.&nbsp;Manufacturing is a good example and so is high technology. At a recent forestry conference in Prince George, Resource Works chatted with two young men who are charting out their careers in these fields and how they link to natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<iframe title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/124540871?h=78995c1e73\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"    allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Matt Pedersen<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>International Bar Coding Systems<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Penticton, B.C.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In this video, Matt talks about how his Penticton-based company with 20 employees provides high-tech tracking for forest products. He uses the term \u201cchain of custody\u201d \u2013 this refers to the set of standards that have been developed to help protect ecosystems by ensuring that the lumber you buy at the store can be tracked all the way back to the forest it came from. The purpose is to ensure that trees that should not be cut down are left standing.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<iframe title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/124540872?h=375c739d51\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"    allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Conor McElveen<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Murray Latta Progressive Machine Inc.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Surrey, B.C.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We talked with Conor about his job as senior account manager in Murray Latta\u2019s planermill division. 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