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 Mechanised Felling strand will also be able to:
- Develop, implement and evaluate felling plans in a range of operational situations.
- Operate and maintain a felling head to fell trees to meet the safety, environmental and productivity requirements of a harvesting operation.
