Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
- Coordinate workplace health and safety, and communication within a team, while ensuring risks to the physical environment, areas of cultural and/or historical significance value are identified and protected in forest harvesting operations.
- Apply advanced technical skills to operate machinery and equipment in a harvesting operation.
Graduates of the Head Breaker Out strand will also be able to:
- Develop, implement and evaluate breaking out plans in a range of situations in a harvesting operation.
- Coordinate a breaking out team to ensure a range of breaking out operations are safe and productive.