FORE422-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Forest Harvest Planning

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

Harvest planning brings together knowledge about the forest and the terrain, matching it with harvesting machines and systems knowledge, and then designing the required infrastructure. A good plan ensures it meets environmental and safety expectations and provides details on operational expenses, setting production targets and contract supervision. Tools such as costing methods and advanced cable yarding planning software will be taught.

Learning Outcomes

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 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00 Elsie Locke 104A
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 10:00 Psychology - Sociology 252 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 E14 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 10:00 - 13:00 Forestry 152
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 25 May

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Forestry Head of Department

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 $1,268.00

International fee $5,650.00

* 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 FORE422 Occurrences

  • FORE422-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025