Wood procurement project
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KB02CPHPR10 |
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| Type: | Elective |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 10.0 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 be trained in duties pertaining to customer-oriented wood procurement (planning, monitoring, harvesting, purchasing, remote transportation, measuring timber) by actively participating in the duties in question. Upon completion of the course, students will have advanced knowledge of procurement planning and budgeting, making offers in the wood procurement business, and planning harvests (including tree bucking matrices). They will be competent in measuring fibre wood, log consignments, and standard measurement consignments. Students will understand the practices associated with the transportation of timber.
Student's Workload
350 h
- of which scheduled studies: 160 h
- of which autonomous studies: 190 h
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No previous studies are required.
Contents
Students will be engaged in practical training of buying and purchasing wood, planning of harvesting operations, monitoring of the harvesting environment and quality, measuring piles of wood, measuring logs, calibrating the measuring devices of harvesting machine, applying data processing systems, communicating with students studying to use forestry machines, issues pertaining to occupational safety, and making agreements. Students will do the training in the school's forest, the classroom and using a wood harvesting simulator. Students will also learn about the transportation of wood by traveling with a driver hauling timber.
Recommended or Required Reading
- Uusitalo J. 2003. Metsäteknologian perusteet
- Handouts and online material as indicated by the lecturer
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
- Lectures
- Assignments
- Exercises
- Project work
Assessment Criteria
Grading will be announced during the course.
Assessment Methods
- Approved assignments and exercises
- Exams
- Grading based on a scale of 1 to 5
Work Placement
None
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