Study Guide

Objective

The student
- can plan clearing
- can calculate costs of clearing
- knows how forest management measures affect the development of stock structures
- understands how different types of thinning can be applied to stocks
- can assess the need and required intensity for thinning
- knows how the quality of thinning is assessed
- can plan and perform pruning of trees
- knows the main principles of forest fertilisation
- knows different forms of support for stock management

Content

The Forest Act and Forest Management
Fighting grass and herbs
Tending of seedling stands
Brushing
Pricing of brushing
Early thinnings
Later thinnings
Quality assessment in thinnings
Pruning
Forest fertilization
Government subsidies

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

No previous knowledge is required