Forest operations and logistics (2 cr)
Code: C-10088-LM00DK92-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.08.2024 - 05.03.2025
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 05.03.2025 - 16.04.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Institution
- University of Eastern Finland
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 0 - 50
- Course
- C-10088-LM00DK92
Evaluation scale
Five step scale
Objective
After the course student can: - Describe the phases and functions of wood supply process, - Identify the influence of operator/driver, working conditions and machine/vehicle fleet in the wood supply process, - Understand the importance of occupational safety, cost and energy efficiency as well as quality in forest operations and logistics, - Apply the cost accounting models of wood-harvesting machinery and timber trucking fleet, and - Describe the subject areas which are currently investigated and developed in forest operations and logistics.
Methods of completion
Lectures
Methods of completion
Lectures (16 h), project work in groups (24 h) & cost calculation exercises in groups (14 h) Evaluation: Performance in project work (70%) and performance in cost calculation exercises (30%). Grading scale 0-5
Content
Forest technology as a discipline Occupational safety and Nordic operating environment Timber sales and planning harvesting site Planning wood supply process Harvesting methods and equipment Long-distance transportation of roundwood (road, railways and waterways) Storage and terminal operations at mills Silviculture technology Forest work science and cost accounting Forest work science and cost accounting
Materials
Materials assigned along the lectures.
Qualifications
No prerequisites.