New Zealand Certificate in Forestry Industry Operations with Strands Level 3

Ruapani Forestry Centre

Contacts

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

Entry Requirements

To gain admission to Turanga Ararau you need to be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident. To gain entry to the programme you will need to have literacy and numeracy skills at step 4 or above on the assessment tool and a commitment to work in the industry.

Programme Outcomes

This 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 Operations

(Level 3) with a selected strand AND BE ABLE TO:

GRADUATE PROFILE OUTCOME	Credit Value
GPO1 - Apply an understanding of health and safety responsibilities, hazard management, emergency procedures and communication systems to maintain safety during chemical handling, mensuration, pruning, or thinning operations in a commercial forest.	15
GPO2 - Apply an understanding of personal and environmental factors affecting forestry operations in order to protect personal wellbeing, team relationships and the physical environment, including historical sites and areas of cultural significance to Māori.	15
GPO3 - Chemical Handling
Coordinate the transport, handling, and disposing of agrichemicals in a forest establishment operation.	20
GPO4 - Mensuration
Establish mensuration plots and measure and record data from mensuration plots pervision.	20
GPO5 - Pruning
Select and prune plantation trees from the ground and from a ladder using loppers or a chainsaw in a production situation.	30
GPO6 - Thin to Waste
Operate and maintain a chainsaw in a commercial forestry operation.	15
Select trees and apply basic tree felling cuts to thin trees to waste in a production situation	25

This will be achieved by you completing:

GPO 1 Apply an understanding of personal and environmental factors affecting forestry operations in order to protect personal wellbeing, team relationships and the physical environment, including historical sites and areas of cultural significance to Māori.
You will need to complete the following two unit standards
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.
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 one other unit standard from elective from below
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

Chemical Handling Strand
GPO 3 - Coordinate the transport, handling, and disposing of agrichemicals in a forest establishment operation
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
21560	Demonstrate knowledge of agrichemicals	3	6
21563	Demonstrate knowledge of the HSNO Act, and NZS 8409:2004 for the use of agrichemicals	3	5
21565	Manage agrichemicals in accordance with NZS 8409:2004	4	10

Mensuration Strand
GPO 4 - Establish mensuration plots and measure and record data from mensuration plots pervision
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
1222	Establish and measure sample plots for forest operations	3	6
1224	Use prescription maps for forestry operations	3	5
25804	Navigate in a plantation forest	3	5
And one unit standard from the electives below
6955	Carry out pre-harvest inventory sampling	4	10
6956	Carry out waste assessment in cutover forest	4	5
17768	Establish and measure permanent sample plots for forest management and research	4	5

Pruning Strand
GPO 5 - Select and prune plantation trees from the ground and from a ladder using loppers or a chainsaw in a production situation
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
6951	Demonstrate knowledge of selecting plantation trees	2	5
6952	Select plantation trees for a forest crop	3	5
Select either Set A or Set B
Set A
1243	Prune plantation trees from the ground	3	10
1245	Prune plantation trees from off the ground	3	10
Set B
6916	Demonstrate knowledge of the Approved Code of Practice relating to chainsaw use	3	5
23411	Operate a chainsaw and carry out basic chainsaw maintenance in a commercial forestry situation	3	12
6972	Prune plantation trees with a chainsaw from off the ground	3	10
6973	Prune plantation trees with a chainsaw from the ground	3	10

Thin to Waste Strand
GPO 6 - Operate and maintain a chainsaw in a commercial forestry operation
Unit	Description	Level	Credits
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
6950	Demonstrate knowledge of thinning plantation trees and equipment used	3	5
6951	Demonstrate knowledge of selecting plantation trees	3	5
17763	Demonstrate knowledge of tree felling	3	5
1247	Thin plantation trees, under 200mm stump diameter, to waste	3	10
17767	Thin plantation trees, over 200mm stump diameter, to waste	3	5

Programme Start Date and Hours

Start Date: You can start on this programme at any time during 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, the contracting forestry crew so you can expect to be picked up ready to be on the job working by 7.00 am and finishing around 4.00 pm—Monday to Friday.

Programme Outcomes

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

Progress to:

New Zealand Certificate in Forest Operations - Level 4 with selected strands
New Zealand Diploma in Forest Management - Level 6

Employment

Depending on the strand you complete you will be able to gain employment working in chemical handling, mensuration, pruning and/or thinning to waste sectors of the forestry industry

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

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