Qualification reviews
There are 11 qualifications in the forestry suite up for review this year.
Qualifications are reviewed periodically to ensure that they remain relevant, fit for purpose and continue to meet the needs of learners, industry and stakeholders.
If you’d like be provide any additional feedback or suggestions please send your comments to qualifications@competenz.org.nz
Unit standard reviews
What's happening?
Competenz is reviewing unit standards in the forestry sector to align with qualification reviews.
Unit standard reviews are undertaken periodically to ensure that we stay current with industry practice.
How is this achieved?
We already know some units need an update and Competenz is working with industry groups to do this. We also want to identify any other units that need changing.
How can I get involved?
If you want to suggest new units or changes to existing units please send your comments to qualifications@competenz.org.nz
Copies of the unit standards are available here:
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1258 - Coordinate breaking-out for a cable harvesting operation
6939 - Break out for ground based forest harvesting operations
24567 - Plan and carry out breaking out and assist in lineshifts for a cable harvesting operation
27635 - Carry out spotter’s duties for a cable harvesting grapple operation
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1231 - Prepare wire ropes for forest harvesting operations
1262 - Position, secure and raise an integral tower on a cable yarder
1268 - Prepare wire ropes, rigging, and equipment for cable harvesting operations
1269 - Plan, prepare for, and carry out line shifts in a cable harvesting operation
6920 - Demonstrate knowledge of cable harvesting operations
6921 - Extract stems using a cable yarder
17764 - Plan and rig an elevated support system for a cable harvesting operation
17771 - Carry out line shifts in a cable harvesting operation using mobile tail-holds
22132 - Carry out the functions of the poleman on a cable harvesting landing
27633 - Position, secure, and plan the relocation of a swing yarder
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1145 - Demonstrate knowledge of environmental legislation affecting commercial forestry
6963 - Plan forestry operations to meet environmental requirements
6964 - Apply environmental management to harvesting trees
6965 - Apply environmental management to forest roading and earthworks
6966 - Apply environmental management to mechanised land preparation operations
17772 - Demonstrate knowledge of environmental requirements in forestry operations
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1236 - Demonstrate knowledge of releasing plantation trees and the use of agrichemicals
1237 - Release plantation trees using agrichemicals
22998 - Demonstrate forestry foundation skills under supervision for pruning plantation trees
23000 - Demonstrate forestry foundation skills under supervision for plantation forest establishment
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1227 - Demonstrate knowledge of plantation forest harvesting
22994 - Demonstrate knowledge of factors that affect the performance of forestry workers
22995 - Demonstrate knowledge of employment in a forestry operation
22997 - Demonstrate knowledge of principles of commercial forestry
24575 - Demonstrate knowledge of factors that affect the quality of commercial forestry operations
27966 - Demonstrate knowledge of general safety requirements for forest entry
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1146 - Demonstrate knowledge of health and safety legislation affecting commercial forestry
17769 - Demonstrate knowledge of general health, safety, and environmental requirements in forestry
24572 - Manage a forestry accident site in a simulated situation
24577 - Demonstrate knowledge of health and safety management in a commercial forestry operation
24579 - Demonstrate knowledge of incident response in plantation forests
28559 - Plan for and undertake safe behaviour observations in a forestry operation
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1252 - Demonstrate knowledge of log making
1254 - Mark logs to optimise value
6924 - Process tree stems on a landing
6948 - Delimb stems using a static delimber
16842 - Mark logs using a computer aided log-making system
17759 - Audit value recovery from stems using computer aided log-making systems
22132 - Carry out the functions of the poleman on a cable harvesting landing
22999 - Demonstrate forestry foundation skills under supervision for landing operations
24588 - Demonstrate knowledge of forestry landing management
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1256 - Demonstrate knowledge of ground based log extraction
6926 - Demonstrate knowledge of the log loading process
6927 - Operate a vehicle mounted hydraulic loader in a commercial forestry environment
6928 - Operate a Bell machine in a forest or a log yard
6930 - Operate a forked loader in a forest or a log yard
6931 - Fleet, sort, and stack logs
6932 - Load a logging truck and/or trailer
6934 - Operate a skidder in a forestry situation
6935 - Operate an excavator based tracked machine in a forestry situation
6936 - Operate a tracked machine in a forestry situation
6946 - Operate a forwarder in a forest harvesting operation
6948 - Delimb stems using a static delimber
17758 - Plan and form an extraction track in a forestry operation
24590 - Operate a self-levelling machine in a forestry situation
27628 - Extract stems or logs using a ground based machine
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6941 - Demonstrate knowledge of forest mechanised harvesting and processing
6943 - Delimb tree lengths using a mechanised delimber
6944 - Make logs using a mechanised processing machine
6945 - Fell trees using a mechanised harvesting machine
6946 - Operate a forwarder in a forest harvesting operation
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1222 - Establish and measure sample plots for forest operations
6955 - Carry out forest pre-harvest inventory sampling
6956 - Carry out waste assessment in cutover forest
6957 - Scale logs using a domestic scaling method
6958 - Scale export logs using an export scaling method
6959 - Calculate log scaling volume
6960 - Prepare job prescriptions for forest operations
17762 - Collect and interpret forest inventory data
17768 - Establish and measure permanent sample plots for forest management and research
17770 - Demonstrate knowledge of log grades and log scaling methods
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1221 - Explain and interpret job prescriptions for forestry operations
1224 - Use prescription maps for forestry operations
18615 - Demonstrate the use of the Global Positioning System in forestry operations
24573 - Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a production thinning operation
24576 - Supervise a crew in a commercial forest operation
26799 - Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a cable harvesting operation
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1243 - Prune plantation trees from the ground
1245 - Prune plantation trees from off the ground
1247 - Thin plantation trees, under 200mm stump diameter, to waste
6950 - Demonstrate knowledge of thinning plantation trees and equipment used
6951 - Demonstrate knowledge of selecting plantation trees
6952 - Select plantation trees for a forest crop
6972 - Prune plantation trees with a chainsaw from off the ground
6973 - Prune plantation trees with a chainsaw from the ground
17767 - Thin plantation trees, over 200mm stump diameter, to waste
23097 - Rescue an injured or disabled person from a tree
23098 - Ultra-high prune plantation trees
27570 - Demonstrate knowledge of and manage quality control in a silvicultural forest operation
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1230 - Trim felled trees for extraction in a forest harvesting operation
1270 - Salvage windthrown trees
17756 - Assess and manage individual hazardous trees
17763 - Demonstrate knowledge of tree felling
17766 - Fell trees safely using a chainsaw
24569 - Fell trees using machine pushing assistance
24570 - Fell trees using back-pulling machine assistance
24585 - Use tree jacks to fell trees
25952 - Thin plantation trees for extraction
28560 - Fell trees in a commercial forest harvesting operation
28561 - Plan and fell trees using advanced techniques in a commercial forest harvesting operation