Unit 17761

1. Unit 17761 DKO Quality Determining Factors in Commercial Plantation Forestry

3. Sustainable Forest Cycle

4. 1 Land Prep

5. 1 Land Prepration Remove or kill vegetation Improve access Remove harvest debris Cultivation Mechanical V blade Spot mound Rip and mound Rotary slash Agrichemical Aerial broadspray Knapsack Burning Manual – c/saw, slasher

6. Seedling Preparation Top seedlings for hardening and packaging Uplift seedlings from nursery Trim roots Package into cartons or bags Transport to planting site Prepare seedling for outplanting Transport seedling to planting site

7. Planting Establish forest crop Same day as lifting – if possible Check stock for quality Check prescription for specs

8. Fertilising Check prescription Check correct fertiliser Check equipment Bulk quantity Measuring cups Improve fertility of planting site Correct imbalances of soil nutrient Improve health of forest crop

9. Releasing Allow forest crop to stay ahead of competing vegetation Selective herbicide treats everything but the crop Manual Mechanical Aerial Calibrate equipment Prescription Safety clothing Mixing sites Safety

10. Pruning Removal of lower branches of tree Clearwood Selection (sometimes) Added value Expensive Loppers Hand saw Chainsaw DOS vs prune height vs timing 3 stages + ultra high

11. Thinning (see page 92) Undesirable trees removed from crop Once thinned cannot be undone Thin to waste Production thin Allows crop trees to get ahead Final Selection? Left to rot under crop trees – recycled Removed for posts, poles and pulp $$$$ ????

12. Felling Cut crop trees in preparation for extraction Cut to allow maximum value from crop Directional felling – safety, damage, extraction direction

13. Extraction Remove felled trees from site to be made into raw log products Drag trees to landing Minimise damage to stem

14. Transportation Load raw log products onto trucks Transport logs to customer or port Road Rail Access Weather Legal requirements

15. NZ Forest Code Of Practice

16. Land Prep Considerations Timing Cost Soil Mechinery avalibility Chemical active period Notes on burning Environmental

17. Personnel Rqmt Considerations Abilities, skills and qualifications Equipment Timing Cost Supervision Safety – plan, hazard management, history and equipment Advertising Contracts

18. Tending Considerations Timing window Cost vs budget vs return on Investment Prescription, quality and standards Supervision Labour and equipment availability Skills, qualifications Safety Access

19. Quality Assurance Considerations Customer requirements Quality vs cost vs time Standards and rules of thimb Supervision Quality systems – the killer loop

20. Protection Pests Disease Fire Wind Surveillance Insurance Management regimes Fire planning and resourcing

21. Harvest Planning Safety Topography and soils Logging systems - combinations Products Area Access Customer requirements Timing for planning Environmental restrictions Production

22. Transportation Mode of transport Distance Legal requirements Access

23. Marketing Customer requirements Products Price ROI The customer is always right Return business

24. Element 2 Factors that affect quality of the forest crop

25. Establishment &Tree planting (video) Genetics Nursery treatment Handling Time from nursery to site to actually planted Technique

26. Tree Crop Selection 1 Large tree Straightness Forking Sweep and lean Kink Branching Spacing Genetics

27. Log Making Features of log ID Log cutting specs Priority of cuts Approxiamate value per meter

28. Sequence of forest cycle Land prep Nurseries Planting Releasing Fertilising Pruning Thinning Harvesting

29. Roles for Ensuring Quality Specialisation vs generalisation Responsibilities – from the ground up Company and industry procedures, plans and check lists Job Prescriptions written instructions Expectations Quality Performance A tool to standardise a proceedure or operation

30. Organisational Chart

31. Contractor Organisational Chart

32. Element 3 Effects of factors on timber quality and yeild, over a forest crop rotation

33. Establishment Uniformity Stocking Spacing Growth Stability Resistance to pests and disease Less need for release

34. Tree Selection Uniformity Growth Straightness Branching Spacing Stocking Health Value

35. Tree Selection Operations Pruning Waste thin Prod Thin

36. Operations Affecting Log Quality Planting Pruning Thinning Plotting Felling Log Making

37. Operations Affecting Log Quality A skilled log maker will ensure all logs return maximum value to the forest owner – training, assessment, marking, cutting

38. Operations Affecting Log Quality Felling Extraction Tree Processing Log making Cutting Warehousing or stacking Training

39. Operations Affecting Log Quality Landing Operations

40. Summary You are now able to describe the forest operations cycle for Prad Describe factors that affect forest quality Describe the effects of quality on timber quality and yield over the rotation