Forestry

Introduces the fundamental principles and practices of land surveying and mapping and the use of surveying and mapping instruments. Topics include: surveying and mapping equipment, surveying, surveying and mapping methods, deed search and tract location.

Focuses on application of the fundamental principles and practices of land surveying and mapping and the use of surveying and mapping instruments. Emphasizes areas of plane and boundary surveying and area determination. Topics include: Global positioning systems (GPS), geographical information systems (GIS), area determination, developing maps, and aerial photography.

Emphasizes identification of primary and secondary forest products and their manufacturing processes and uses and fixed plot method of statistical sampling. Introduces the fundamental principles and practices of timber cruising. Topics include: history of forest products manufacturing, raw forest resource identification, importance of forest measurements, forest measurement tools and equipment, forest measurement methods, and cruising and scaling methods.

Focuses on the application of the fundamental principles and practices of timber cruising. Emphasizes fixed plot and prism method of statistical sampling. Topics include: map construction, cruising methods and volume determination.

Introduces the techniques of multiple-use forest resource management. Topics include: multiple-use management, prescribed burning, site preparation methods, logging, forest management plan, land ownership, and timber marking.

Introduces the fundamentals of timber harvesting safety. Topics include: first aid, CPR, personal protective equipment, OSHA, and other related timber industry safety practices.

This course introduces the principles of marketing forest products. Emphasis is placed on marketing timber, identifying applicable markets and developing basic marketing strategies for forest products.

Introduces the fundamentals of tree identification, land surveying, and timber cruising.

Introduces the fundamentals of timber industry standards and ethics. Students will learn and apply: timber harvesting laws and regulations, OSHA requirements and laws pertaining to trucking requirements for state and federal highways.

This course covers preventive maintenance techniques on equipment used in association with timber harvesting operations. This course also introduces students to the concepts of felling, skidding, delimbing and loading of timber products.

Students will learn to operate basic timber harvesting equipment and become familiar with the daily operations of each piece of equipment.