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 Swing Yarder Extraction strand will also be able to:
- Develop, implement and evaluate extraction plans in a range of operational situations.
- Extract stems using a swing yarder to meet the safety, environmental and productivity requirements of a harvesting the operation.
