Study Guide

Objective

The student
- knows the conditions for wood production in Finland and understands how tree species and different production conditions affect each other
- knows how society manages forestry in terms of constraints and opportunities, including current forest legislation
- knows the most important Finnish peat habitats and their origins
- can identify habitats protected by laws and social agreements and knows the plants (key species) needed for habitat determination
- can in practice perform care and clearance work in the forest on plant and young forest stocks according to given instructions and taking into account occupational safety regulations
- can perform basic service on a clearing saw

Content

Wood production in the world and in Finland
Factors affecting timber production in Finland
How conifers and deciduous trees affect each other
Relevant legislation on Finnish forestry
Forest certification
Peatland types
Practical forestry work:
Planting, clearing, actual clearing and bottom clearing before harvesting in thinning stocks

Qualifications

No previous knowledge required

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

50 % of the points in the written exam for a grade on the acceptable level (grade 0 - 5)
Acceptable practical training result according to the responsible teacher

Materials

Digital study material distributed during the course, see the course plan and specified instructions on the moodle site

Further information

Theory classes and reading of course literature and references 46 h
Practical training and forestry based exercises 28 h
Excursions 6 h
Workload totally for the students about 80 h