Study Guide

- understands the importance of renewable energy as part of energy
production and climate change
- knows the central renewable energy sources, processed products and their
uses
- knows supply chains of wood fuels as part of cost-efficient wood supply
- knows quality chips production, its cost structure and factors affecting it

- understands the industry’s requirements to wood raw material
- can plan the purchase of stands as required by the industry
- can plan wood harvesting and implementation taking into account
legislation and environmental aspects related to it
- can use necessary information systems in wood supply planning and felling
- manages roundwood long distance transportation and logistics
- can work as a supervisor in a wood supply organisation and can adapt
regulations of labour legislation

- knows entrepreneurship forms in forestry, basics of establishing a company
and its operations
- can draft profitability, cost, investment and pricing calculations
- knows special features of forestry service markets and factors affecting forest
owners’ decision making
- can conclude timber sales, sell forestry services in a customer-oriented way
and maintain customer relations
- can give expert advice on forest ownership as livelihood and as an
investment as well as in forest ownership changes

- knows commercial forests’ flora and habitat requirements and can take
them into account in forest management and use
- knows the importance of forest environment biotopes’ different structures
and processes on biodiversity
- can assess environmental impacts of forest utilisation
- can plan, implement and assess different activities related to management
of forest environment and protection of species

- can define fertility and properties of mineral soils and peatland habitats as a
basis of forestry activities
- can compile an action plan in accordance with forest management
recommendations for stands in different development stages considering
biological, economic and silvicultural factors in forest environment
- recognises the most detrimental causes of forest damage and knows the
basics of damage control

- knows the inventory methods of forest area and understands their
adaptability to different inventory situations and can participate in
inventory
- is able to work independently in forest planning tasks and masters forest
planning information systems
- can determine the value of forest estate by means of the most common
methods and is able to validate the choices
- can utilise GIS in natural resource data collection, management and
analysis and understands the possibilities of utilising GIS

- is able to assume responsibility for one’s own actions and their
consequences.
- is able to work according to the code of professional ethics of one’s field.
- is able to take different parties into account.
- is able to apply the principles of equality.
- is able to apply the principles of sustainable development

- is able to solve problems and develop working methods innovatively.
- is able to work in projects.
- is able to carry out research and development projects and to apply existing
knowledge and methods of one’s field.
- is able to find customer-oriented, sustainable and profitable solutions.

has the language competence necessary for the work in the field and its
development.
- is able to cooperate with people from different cultural backgrounds.
- is able to take into account the opportunities and effects of
internationalisation

- is able to assess and develop one’s competences and learning methods.
- is able to retrieve/ search, process and analyse information critically.
- can assume responsibility for team learning and knowledge sharing.

- is able to function as a member of a work community and contribute to its
work well-being.
- is able to function in various communication and interaction situations at
work.
- is able to use information and communication technology in the tasks of
one’s field.
- is able to establish personal occupational contacts and to work in networks.
- is able to make decisions in new and unforeseen situations.
- is able to manage one’s work and to work independently in tasks requiring
expertise.
- has developed entrepreneurial skills/ abilities