Overview
To provide students with the basic knowledge and skills required to work in the forestry industry.

Content
Graduates of this programme will:

• Demonstrate basic skills in either harvesting (chainsaw skills,
  breaking out, processing stems to log length) or silviculture
  (chainsaw skills, plantation forest establishment, pruning plantation
  trees, releasing plantation trees)
• Provide first aid
• Demonstrate basic fire fighting skills.

Career Options

• Silviculture Worker:
• Planting
• Pruning
• Thinning
• Spraying
• Fertilising
• Harvesting:
• Skid work
• Breaking out
• Pole man

Admission Information
A minimum of 3 years’ secondary education is recommended.

All students must pass a test for illegal drugs prior to commencement
of on-job training and be physically able to complete the requirements
of the programme.

Mature students who cannot provide evidence of previous academic
achievement may be asked to complete a literacy/numeracy assessment to determine the level of support they will require.

Applicants for whom English is not their first language require a
minimum IELTS score of 5.5.

Qualification Gained:

Northland Polytechnic Certificate in Foundation Forestry Skills