New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations with Strands Level 3

New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations Level 3

Ruapani Forestry Centre

Contacts

Forestry Training Manager	Henry Mulligan	0211238069
Forestry Trainer	Lou Horua	06 8670463

The programme is designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge to achieve an acceptable level of competency to gain employment in the forest Industry in the harvesting sector. On completing the full requirements of the programme, you will achieve the New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations (Level 3) with a selected strand being either Operations, Manual Processing, Log Scaling, Poleman or Quality Control. On successfully completing this programme AND BE ABLE TO:

GRADUATE PROFILE OUTCOME	Credit Value
GPO 1 - Apply an understanding of health and safety responsibilities, hazard management, emergency procedures and communication systems to maintain safety during commercial forest harvesting or log scaling operations.	15
GPO 2 - Apply an understanding of personal and environmental factors affecting commercial forest harvesting operations in order to protect personal wellbeing, team relationships and the physical environment, including historical sites and areas of cultural significance to Māori	15
GPO 3 - Basic Machine Operation Strand
Use, maintain and carry out basic repairs on forestry machines in a commercial forest harvesting operation.	25
GPO 4 -Tree Felling Strand
Operate and maintain a chainsaw in a commercial forestry operation.	27
Use conventional felling cuts to fell a range of tree sizes in varying conditions in a commercial forest harvesting operation.	15
GPO 5 - Breaking Out – Cable Strand
Follow head breaker out instructions to hook on trees in a commercial harvesting operation to meet the breaking out plan.	20
GPO 6 - Breaking Out – Ground Based Strand
Guide an extraction machine, and hook on and break out trees under limited supervision in a commercial harvesting operation	15
GPO 7 - Manual Processing Strand
Operate and maintain a chainsaw in a commercial forestry operation.	25
Trim and cut logs as marked by the log maker in a commercial landing operation	15
GPO 8 - Log Scaling Strand
Identify and measure log attributes to ensure log specifications are met in a domestic and export log scaling operation	25
GPO 9 - Poleman Strand
Unhook stems in a cable harvesting landing operation	15
GPO 10 - Production Thinning Strand
Operate and maintain a chainsaw in a commercial forestry operation.	27
Use conventional and advanced felling cuts to thin trees in a range of operational situations.	15
GPO 11 - Quality Control Strand
Carry out quality control in a landing operation of measured logs to ensure log specifications are met, and regrade logs to maximise value	15

This will be achieved by you completing:

GPO 1 – Apply an understanding of health and safety responsibilities, hazard management, emergency procedures and communication systems to maintain safety during commercial forest harvesting or log scaling operations.
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
17769	DKO general health, safety, and environmental requirements in forestry	2	5
24574	DKO, and contribute to, worksite health and safety for commercial forestry operation	3	5
GPO 2 - Apply an understanding of personal and environmental factors affecting commercial forest harvesting operations in order to protect personal wellbeing, team relationships and the physical environment, including historical sites and areas of cultural significance to Māori

And one unit standard from the electives below
Units	Description	Level		Credits
24575	DKO factors that affect the quality of commercial forestry operations	3	5
24579	DKO incident response in plantation forests	3	5
25788	DKO, implement, and audit temporary traffic control on private forest roads	3	5
22995	DKO employment relationships, and work collaboratively in a forestry operation	2	5
And both of the following two unit standards
22994	DKO factors that affect the performance of forestry workers	3	5
17772	DKO environmental requirements in forestry operations	3	10

You will also complete your selected strand
STRANDS
GPO3 - Basic Machine Operation Strand
Use, maintain and carry out basic repairs on forestry machines in a commercial forest harvesting operation
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
27964	DKO forest industry machines	3	5
27965	Operate a forest industry machine	3	10
24568	DKO, and undertake, basic repairs and maintenance on a forest industry machine	3	10

GPO4 - Tree Felling Strand
Operate and maintain a chainsaw in a commercial forestry operation.
Use conventional felling cuts to fell a range of tree sizes in varying conditions in a commercial forest harvesting operation.
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
43	Maintain a chainsaw	3	10
6916	Demonstrate knowledge of the Approved Code of Practice relating to chainsaw use	2	5
23411	Operate a chainsaw and carry out basic chainsaw maintenance in a commercial Forestry situation	3	12
17763	Demonstrate knowledge of tree felling	3	6
28560	Fell trees safely in a production situation using a chainsaw	3	10

GPO5 -Breaking Out – Cable Strand
Follow head breaker out instructions to hook on trees in a commercial harvesting operation to meet the breaking out plan.
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
6920	DKO cable harvesting operations	3	10
24567	Plan and carry out breaking out and assist in lineshifts for a cable harvesting operation	3	10

GPO6 - Breaking Out – Ground Based Strand
Guide an extraction machine, and hook on and break out trees under limited supervision in a commercial harvesting operation
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
1256	DKO ground based log extraction	3	5
6939	Break out ground based forest harvesting operations	3	10

GPO7 - Manual Processing Strand
Operate and maintain a chainsaw in a commercial forestry operation.
Trim and cut logs as marked by the log maker in a commercial landing operation
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
43	Maintain a chainsaw	3	10
6916	DKO the Approved Code of Practice relating to chainsaw use	2	5
23411	Operate a chainsaw and carry out basic chainsaw maintenance in a commercial forestry situation	3	12
1252	DKO log making	3	5
6924	Process tree stems on a landing	3	10

GPO8 - Log Scaling Strand
Identify and measure log attributes to ensure log specifications are met in a domestic and export log scaling operation
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
6957	Scale log making using a domestic scaling method	4	10
6958	Scale export logs using an export scaling method	4	10
17770	DKO log grades and log scaling methods	3	5

GPO9 - Poleman Strand
Unhook stems in a cable harvesting landing operation
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
6920	DKO cable harvesting	3	10
22132	Carry out functions of the poleman on a cable harvesting landing	3	10

GPO10 - Production Thinning Strand
Operate and maintain a chainsaw in a commercial forestry operation.
Use conventional and advanced felling cuts to thin trees in a range of operational situations.
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
43	Maintain a chainsaw	3	10
6916	DKO the Approved Code of Practice relating to chainsaw use	2	5
23411	Operate a chainsaw and carry out basic chainsaw maintenance in a commercial forestry situation	3	12
1230	Trim felled trees for extraction in a commercial forest operation	3	5
25952	Thin plantation trees for extraction	3	10

GPO11 - Quality Control Strand
Carry out quality control in a landing operation of measured logs to ensure log specifications are met, and regrade logs to maximise value.
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
1252	DKO log making	3	5
25787	Carry out quality control of logs on a landing	3	10

Programme Dates and Hours

Start Date:You can start at any time during the first half of the year

Hours: Hours will generally be from 8.00am to 4.00pm with a lunch break of 30 minutes at 12 noon.

The on job work experience component will be the hours that are worked by the work experience provider in the forestry industry so you can expect to be on the job working by 7am or earlier and not finishing until at least 4.00 pm—Monday to Friday.

Programme Outcomes

On successfully completing this programme you will have the qualification, skills and knowledge to:

Education

Progress to:

- New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations (Level 4) with selected strands

Employment

Work as a basic machine operator, tree feller, breaker outer either cable or land

based, manual processor, log scaler, poleman, production thinner and/or quality

controller in a landing operation of measured logs.

Once you are in employment you can continue to upskill and complete industry qualifications through the Industry Training Organisation, COMPETENZ with the support of your employer.

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