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Level 
4
12 months - 1.5 years
Forestry

NZ Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations – Tree Felling, Level 4

75
 credits
Workplace
 + Block Course
This programme leads to the following graduate outcomes

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 Tree Felling strand will also be able to:

  • Develop, implement, and evaluate felling plans in a range of harvesting operational situations.
  • Apply conventional and advanced felling cuts to safely and productively fell trees in a range of operational situations in a range of operational situations.
  • Apply machine assistance in tree felling.