Forest Industry Training and Assessment
Course details
About the course
These training schemes provide an opportunity for people to engage with forestry industry skills, and provides pathways to forestry training at Level 3, Level 4 or above.
These schemes are intended for people who work largely unsupervised in the forest industry and will recognise the skills and knowledge that workers may already have gained through industry experience prior to entry.
The Training Schemes are made up of a suite of NZQA approved unit standards and students can choose to enrol in unit standards as per their requirements in blocks of 5-39 credits at one time.
Training Schemes
Each individual unit standard delivered as a course of training ensures flexible access and enrolment to meet individual student needs providing a training scheme with a strong practical and applied focus. These forestry crews include:
- workers in the forestry industry working in a variety of different harvesting operations depending on the season/time of the year, who need applied knowledge and skills relating to the specific operation they are involved with in the harvesting operations area, or
- forest industry workers who have some level of training in harvesting operations who intend to continue with their full time employment and require acknowledgement and verification of their current knowledge and skills to continue working safely and productively in harvesting operations.
Working in Harvesting Operations (Level 3)
Graduates of this training scheme will be able to:
- Develop specific harvesting knowledge to work as a professional within the forestry industry.
- Apply knowledge and skills relating to one or a range of the harvesting operations that you are professionally engaged with (specifically: core skills, basic machine operation, tree felling, breaking out – cable, breaking out - ground based, cross cutting, log scaling, poleman, production thinning, and quality control).
View available unit standards for Working in Harvesting Operations.
A total of 30 credits is required for completion of this training scheme.
Completion of the training scheme will give students credit recognition towards the New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations (Level 3).
Advanced Harvesting Operations (Level 4)
Graduates of this training scheme will be able to:
- Develop specific harvesting knowledge to work as a professional within the forestry industry.
- Apply knowledge and skills relating to one or a range of the harvesting operations that you are professionally engaged with (specifically: core skills, basic machine operation, tree felling, breaking out – cable, breaking out - ground based, cross cutting, log scaling, poleman, production thinning, and quality control).
View available unit standards for Advanced Harvesting Operations.
A total of 30 credits is required for completion of this training scheme.
Completion of the training scheme will also give students credit recognition towards the New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations (Level 4).
Working in Silviculture Operations (Level 3)
Graduates of this training scheme will be able to:
- Develop specific silviculture knowledge to work as a professional within the forestry industry.
- Apply knowledge and skills relating to one or a range of the silviculture operations that you are professionally engaged with. (specifically: core skills, mensuration, pruning, thin to waste, chemical handling.
View available unit standards for Working in Silviculture Operations.
A total of 30 credits is required for completion of this training scheme.
The Working in Silviculture Operations Training Scheme provides a pathway for students to the New Zealand Certificate in Forestry Operations (Level 3) or the New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations (Level 3)
Entry requirements
All applicants must:
- be at least 16 years old at the time the programme commences.
- be able to read, write, and communicate in English at a basic level.
- be physically able to complete the programme-specific outcomes.
Applicants must be suitably employed or engaged in a forestry based activity directly relevant to the training being selected (access to practical experience).
About the provider
Based in Hamilton, the Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec), is one of the country’s largest institutes of technology. We deliver high-quality education across vocational (technical) and professional fields of study to approximately 13,000 students, across over 130 different courses.
At Wintec students are educated in a way that builds their confidence and gets them work-ready. We differ from other types of tertiary providers in the way students get the chance to put their theoretical learning into practice from the very start. You will get to work on real-life projects based on relevant topics and themes as if you were in the workplace. You will also get involved in work placements. This means that by the time you graduate, you will be confident in your skills and knowledge, and know-how to apply your learnings. Our academic staff have years of industry experience between them, which means they can guide you on your journey.
Wintec maintains collaborative relationships with local industry and iwi to identify the needs of the region and community. Fostering strong networks that our students and graduates benefit from is a high priority for us. Understanding the needs of local industry, what type of graduates they need now, and what they will need in the future is critical to assisting industry and our graduates.