Forestry Operations - Environment (Micro-credential)

To provide the forestry sector with skilled workers who are able to meet the theoretical knowledge and practical skill requirements required to meet health and safety, quality and environmental components of the job prescription. These workers will also learn key elements of forestry work to enable them to successfully progress from planting operations to other Forestry operations.

At the end of this learning package, learners will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the role of health and safety in forestry operations
- Demonstrate knowledge of general safety requirements in a forestry operation
- Demonstrate knowledge of emergency procedures and related requirements to be used in the event of a forest emergency
- Demonstrate knowledge of personal safety in first line vegetation firefighting
- Describe environmental considerations for forestry
- Demonstrate knowledge of legislation that impacts on environmental management of commercial forestry
- Describe the environmental requirements for a specific forestry operation in terms of the job prescription
- Identify substances which may adversely affect work performance and safety, and describe the effects of substance misuse on work performance
- Explain factors affecting fluid loss for workers in a forestry operation
- Describe how to maintain adequate hydration in a forestry operation, and explain the associated benefits
- Explain the role of diet in maintaining the physical wellbeing of forestry workers
- Describe causes and effects of stress and fatigue on the work performance of workers in a forestry operation, and explain ways to reduce stress and fatigue
- Describe ways to attend to personal health matters

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