Course Overview
Building on materials introduced in SRMT 3500, this course focuses on advanced harvest planning and operations methods. Topics include evaluation and optimization of harvest systems, cable payload analysis and harvest engineering economics. Students will prepare an operational harvesting planning project.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
4.5
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Survey, graph and evaluate deflection lines for cable harvest systems.
- Calculate the forces in cables for a given skyline system for purpose of establishing payload limits.
- Evaluate different harvest methods scenarios, in terms of environment impacts, safety and economics.
- Determine cost effective solutions for forestry operations planning, using the principles of engineering economics.
- Develop a harvesting plan from air photos, topographic maps and field assessment.
- Identify access route location opportunities and constraints on maps and air photos incorporating current road standards and route location principles.
- Prepare a harvesting proposal based on field and office data including recommended equipment, recommended methods, and recommended silviculture system.
- Apply legislated standards and Best Management Practices for soil conservation, riparian management, and wildlife tree retention to a harvest planning project.
- Complete windthrow assessment and incorporate windthrow management principles and other forest health protection measures into the harvest plan.
- Prepare a Harvest Plan map utilizing Road Eng Survey and Terrain Modules.
Effective as of Winter 2010
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