Forestry Training Course Goal
To familiarize the participant with some of the forces that shape the forest harvesting industry, and provide a detailed guide to harvest equipment and how it is used for maximum productivity and safety.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the contribution of Canada’s forest products to the Canadian economy
- Recognize the relative importance of Canada’s forest products in a regional and global context
- Identify five important economic, social and environmental forces that have led to the forest harvesting and silvicultural systems found in Alberta today
- Recognize three emerging forces that will likely change Alberta’s harvesting systems in the future
- Describe the main silvicultural systems in use in Alberta, and why they are prescribed
- Recognize the main harvest methods in use in Alberta, and where they are most often applied
- Recognize the various pieces of equipment that may be used in a logging operation, and when each type of equipment is selected
- Describe the basics of a successful harvesting operation
- Recognize factors that influence the productivity and efficiency of a harvesting operation
- Describe how log quality on a harvesting operation is maintained through each phase of the operation
- Describe how wood size, terrain, road layout, and ground conditions impact each phase
- Relate the production, logging, and quality of each phase to the preceding or following phases
- Recognize the various operational strategies of each phase of a logging operation
- Recognize ‘how to’ conduct operations for each piece of equipment involved in each phase of the harvesting operation
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- This course is available in a narrated online version however, it can also be delivered in person or online (to groups) with a live instructor. To arrange a “live online” delivery please send your request to wolf@northernlakescollege.ca or contact the WOLF office at 1-866-293-WOLF (9653)
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