FORE305-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008

Forest Engineering

23 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2008

Description

Forest roading and forest layout; forest harvesting methods and systems; environmental and safety aspects of forestry operations; the Resource Management Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act; forest hydrology; harvest planning; mechanisation and costing of harvesting operations; transfer of power and machine capability calculations.

Forest roading and forest layout; forest harvesting methods and systems; environmental and safety aspects of forestry operations; the Resource Management Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act; forest hydrology; harvest planning; mechanisation and costing of harvesting operations; transfer of power and machine capability calculations

Restrictions

FORE578, ENFO343

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Examination 40%
Field Trip Report 5%
Essay 15%
In-Term Test 15%
Short Assignment Series 25%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Bromley, Willard S.. , American Pulpwood Association; Timber harvesting : a textbook for use in courses in timber harvesting at the high school and post-high school levels and as an introductory college text ; 4th ed.; Interstate Printers & Publishers, 1988.

Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia; Cable yarding systems handbook ; Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, 1993 (Available from the School of Forestry office, cost c. $45).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $944.00

International fee $4,477.00

* 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 .

All FORE305 Occurrences

  • FORE305-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008