Field          Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

 

Review of Forestry unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Forestry

Forest Harvesting Operations

1266

Forest Landing Operations

19766

Forest Mechanised Harvesting

24583

Forest Operations Advanced

24576

Tree Felling

24573, 24582

 

The Forest Industries Training and Education Council (FITEC) has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          February 2011

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2015

 

Summary

 

These unit standards were reviewed as part of a project to develop a new forestry qualification aimed at senior crew foremen and operational managers within contracting crews.  The unit standards were reviewed by industry representatives during advisory group meetings with the objective of bringing consistency to the way crew managers plan, manage and carry out quality control of their operations.

 

Main changes

 

·      Unit standard 1266 was replaced by unit standard 26799 registered in the Forest Operations Management domain.

·      Unit standard 19766 was designated expiring as the content of this unit standard was adequately covered in unit standards 24573, 24576, 24582, 24583 and 26799.

·      Unit standard 24573 was moved from the Tree Felling domain to the Forest Operations Management domain.

·      The title of unit standard 24576 was changed to better reflect the level of responsibility of people achieving this unit standard.  This change allowed for differentiation between supervisory and management responsibilities.

·      The title of unit standard 24582 was changed to clarify that this unit standard was to be assessed in a ground-based harvesting situation.  The unit standard was moved from the Tree Felling domain to the Forest Operations Management domain.

·      Unit standard 24583 was moved from the Forest Mechanised Harvesting domain to the Forest Operations Management domain.

 

Category C and D unit standards will expire at the end of December 2012

 

Impact on existing accreditations

 

Current Accreditation for

Accreditation extended to

Nature of accreditation

Classification or ID

Level

Nature of accreditation

ID

Level

Domain

Forest Harvesting Operations

5

Standard

26799

5

Standard

1266

5

Standard

26799

5

 

Impact on registered qualifications

 

Key to type of impact

Affected

The qualification lists a reviewed classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set

The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits

The qualification lists a C or D category standard

Not materially affected

The qualification lists a standard that has a new title

The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

 

The following Forest Industries Training and Education Council (FITEC) qualification is impacted by the outcome of this review and will be updated when it is revised in 2011.  The standard that generated the status Affected is listed in bold.

 

Ref

Qualification Title

Classification or ID

1412

National Certificate in Forest Operations Advanced (Level 4) with strands in Establishment and Silvicultural Operations Management, Production Tree Felling, Hauler Set-Up, Machine Operations - Hauler, Head Breaker Out - Cable Harvesting, Log Making, Machine Operations - Log Extraction, Machine Operations - Loader, Mechanised Tree Felling, Mechanised Processing, Helicopter Logging, and Inventory

1266, 24573, 24576, 24582

 

Detailed list of unit standards - classification, title, level, and credits

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category

A

Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

B

Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

C

Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID

D

Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Forestry

ID

Domain

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

1266

 

 

26799

Forest Harvesting Operations

Forest Operations Management

Manage a cable harvesting operation

 

Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a cable harvesting operation

5

15

C

19766

Forest Landing Operations

Manage the log making and processing activities on a landing

5

15

D

24573

Tree Felling

Forest Operations Management

Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a production thinning operation

5

15

B

24576

Forest Operations Advanced

Manage a crew in a commercial forest operation

Supervise a crew in a commercial forest operation

4

8

B

24582

Tree Felling

 

 

Forest Operations Management

Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a motor manual clear fell harvesting operation

Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a ground based motor manual clear fell harvesting operation

5

15

B

24583

Forest Mechanised Harvesting

Forest Operations Management

Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a mechanised harvesting clear fell operation

5

15

B

26800

Forest Operations Management

Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on an establishment or a silvicultural operation

5

15

New