FORE422-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Forest Harvest Planning

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

Harvest planning and analysis of harvesting systems. Machine capability and requirements. Impacts of terrain and stand variables on harvest systems. Ground-based planning including SKIDPC. Advanced cable yarding planning with CYANZ. Landing design and layout. Contract supervision and workforce management. Production planning and control systems.

Harvest planning for forest operations is an important aspect of the management of commercial forests. This course will allow students to become familiar with how harvest planning fits into the forest cycle, as well as understand the requirements and considerations of harvest planning from small woodlots through to large coupes.

Important elements covered in the class include:

• Understanding capabilities and limitations of different harvesting systems and the operational conditions in which each system is best deployed.
• Environmental regulations and environmental best management practices.
• Methods of estimating harvest system production rates and costs.

Students will develop harvest plans using CYANZ harvest planning software. The course will also cover the practical aspects of contract supervision and workforce management between forest owners/managers and their harvesting contractors. Finally, students will be given an understanding of management approaches and systems used to control woodflow, to manage system breakdowns and for production quality control.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this course will:

Understand how harvest planning fits into the forest management cycle; (Washington Accord WA1; UC EEI3)
Understand the requirements and considerations of harvest planning from small woodlots through to large coupes; (WA4; BiCC7, EEI1, 3)
Be able to integrate Māori cultural values and consultation into the harvest planning process; (WA9, 10; EEI1, BiCC2)
Assess the capabilities, operating requirements and limitations of different harvesting systems and the operational conditions in which each system is best deployed; (WA4; EEI3)
Understand how to estimate harvest system production rates and costs; (WA1, EEI3)
Be able to develop a complex cable harvest plan using system, terrain, productivity knowledge and software; (WA12, EEI4)
Understand the requirements for landing design and layout; (WA5, 7; EEI3) and
Understand the practical aspects of contract supervision and workforce management between forest owners/managers and their harvesting contractors. (WA9, 10; EEI1, 3)

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Biculturally competent and confident

Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Prerequisites

FORE205 (01 Jan 2010 - present) or FORE305 (01 Jan 2009 - present) or FORE305 (01 Jan 2009 - present)

Restrictions

ENFO422

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 340
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00 F1 Lectorial
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 10:00 F1 Lectorial
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 11:00 - 14:00 Forestry 152
19 Feb - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 26 May

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 11:00 - 13:00 Forestry 152
27 May - 2 Jun

Lecturer

Rien Visser

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Course Participation 10%
ACOP Health and Safety Assignment 10%
Woodlot Harvest Plan 15%
RMA and NES-PF 10%
Cable Yarding Harvest Plan (chps) 15%
Final Test 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,197.00

International fee $5,438.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Forestry .

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