New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations (Level 3) - Woodsman Programme

Do you love tools and machines and want to work outdoors in New Zealand's forestry industry?

This course, focusing on machine operating and quality control, will get you started.

There's a mix of Health and Safety, policies and procedures, plus practical learning at our harvest site.

You'll join a real-life harvesting crew to put your skills and knowledge into practice.

You'll learn to correctly operate, maintain and sharpen a chainsaw and cut logs to length. You'll also learn to safely operate a forestry machine used in harvesting operations. Build your skills and experience on our state-of-the-art simulators! You'll also get time in a real excavator within an actual harvesting operation.

With this qualification you could play a key role working in a commercial forest harvesting operation. .

Upon successfully completing the requirements you'll receive the award of:

• New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations (Level 3), strand in either Quality Control or Basic Machine Operation