Wood procurement
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KB02BPHPH9 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 9.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Vuori, Ossi |
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| Teacher Team: | Pienimaa, Mauri |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Learning Outcomes
Students will have a comprehensive understanding of the processes involved in purchasing wood products in a customer-oriented way (purchasing, logging, long-distance transportation, and measuring). Students will be familiar with the rules for buying and selling wood and wood products, be competent in evaluating stands marked for cutting, and know how to fill out documents associated with wood trade.
They will be familiar with the principles and methods associated with logging as well as with regional entrepreneurship and enterprises dealing in machinery. Students will also be competent in making a logging plan, which considers cost structures and cross-cutting control, and making measurements, and they will have command of the procedures used in making measurements. Finally, students will be familiar with field-related IT systems, occupational safety, procedures for long-distance transportation and supervision of transportation, as well as the principles of entrepreneurship.
Student's Workload
Total work load of the course: 210 h
- of which scheduled studies, 90 h,
- of which autonomous studies, 120 h
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
Basics of the wood procurement
Contents
- wood trade and wood measurement
- planning of harvesting operations
- mechanized wood harvest
- forest machinery
- long distance transport of wood
Recommended or Required Reading
- Uusitalo J. 2003. Puunhankinnan perusteet.
- Handouts and online material as indicated by the lecturer.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
- Lectures
- Research summaries in groups
- Field trips
- Practical assignments in the forest and classroom
Assessment Criteria
Grade 1 => the student is expected to know some 50 % of the thetretical maximum
Grade 3 => the student is expected to know the content of the course
Grade 5 => apart of knowledge of the course content, the student is expected to able to give his/her own, justified statements re issues observed
Assessment Methods
- Approved assignments and exercises
- Exams
- Grading based on a scale of 1 to 5
Work Placement
None
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