FIELD                 AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

 

Revision and Rollover of Forest Harvesting - General unit standards

 

Subfield	Domain	Id
Forestry	Forest Harvesting - General	19761-19764

 

The Forest Industries Training and Education Council (FITEC) has rolled over the unit standards listed above to maintain their currency until they are reviewed, and has revised them.

 

Date new versions published                                                          February 2008

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2012

 

Reason for the revision

 

This revision and rollover was undertaken to enable candidates to access the standards as part of a training programme.  Although these unit standards were not currently listed in any FITEC qualification, it was intended that these unit standards be included in the new qualification structure that was currently being created.

 

They were not included in the original review process as their anticipated expiry date was December 2008 and it was considered more important and urgent to review unit standards with earlier anticipated expiry dates.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

·         The unit standards were reclassified in the domain Forest Harvesting Operations.

·         The credits for unit standards 19762 and 19763 increased.

·         The special notes for each unit standard were standardised to fit in with FITEC's current format for special notes.

·         Some minor changes were made to the content of unit standards 19762 and 19763, and their titles were amended.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

None.

 

Summary of main changes to classification, title, level, and credits

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Subfield         Forestry

Domain          Forest Harvesting - General

                        Forest Harvesting Operations

Id	Title	Level	Credit
19761	Demonstrate knowledge of helicopter logging	3	6
19762	Break-out logs for extraction by helicopter Prepare logs for extraction by helicopter	4	4 6
19763	Measure, mark and record log details for helicopter extraction Measure, mark, and record log details for helicopter extraction	4	6   8
19764	Manage a helicopter forest harvesting operation	5	10