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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (R2)
DENVER, CO
FSH 2409.12 – TIMBER CRUISING HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 60 – QUALITY CONTROL
Supplement No.: 2409.12-2014-4
Effective Date: 6/18/2014
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: BRIAN FEREBEE, Deputy Regional Forester Date Approved: 06/06/2014
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title and calendar
year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this
supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last
supplement to this title was 2409.12-2014-3 to 2409.12_40.
New Document
2409.12_60
Superseded Document(s)
2409.12_60 (Supplement
by Issuance Number and Effective Date
2409.12-2008-5, 5/13/2008)
3 Pages
3 Pages
Digest: In order by code, summarize the main additions, revisions, or removal of
direction incorporated in this amendment.
61 – Addresses cruising requirements when cruises are completed by TEAMS.
Region 2 Supplement: 2409.12-2014-4
EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/18/2014
DURATION: This supplement expires 5 years from the effective date unless superseded or removed
earlier.
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FSH 2409.12 – TIMBER CRUISING HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 60 – QUALITY CONTROL
61 – CRUISER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
All requirements in the FSH 2409.12, Timber Cruising Handbook, must be adhered to if
contract cruising or cruising with TEAMS. A responsible cruiser must be named in the
cruise plan. The contract cruiser/consultant must cruise the permanent plots located on
your Forest (or adjacent to) to ensure species identification and measurements are
satisfactory. In addition, all contract and TEAMS cruises must be check cruised prior to
sale offer. If the contract or TEAMS cruiser has not been actively cruising in the Region
for two years, they will be required to cruise the permanent plots again.
61.1 - Qualified Cruiser
4. The minimum passing score for the written examination is 80 percent.
61.2 - Advanced Cruiser
3. The minimum passing score on the written Advanced Cruiser test is 80
percent.
61.5 – Maintenance of Certification
1. To be considered active, the cruiser must either cruise a timber sale or the
permanent test plots located on their Forest. Advanced Cruisers where certification is
limited to cruise design must have a minimum of one satisfactory check on a cruise
design per year to maintain certification.
The Regional Office will send courtesy letters to the Forests no later than September 30
listing cruisers needing check cruises prior to the end of the calendar year. Forest
Check Cruisers must ensure all check cruises for the calendar year are submitted to the
Regional Office no later than January 30 of each year.
The Regional Office will send certification status letters to all Forests no later than
February 15 listing the cruisers who have maintained their certification. Cruisers without
a satisfactory check cruise will be dropped. They must cruise the permanent plots on
their Forest to be recertified to production cruise. Advanced Cruisers writing designs
only must attend the Cruise Design Refresher Training to get recertified.
The National Measurements Database will be maintained by the Regional Office.
62 - INSPECTING INDIVIDUAL CRUISER PERFORMANCE
Complete a written evaluation for each sale and cruiser inspected, include a summary in
the appropriate sale folder, and forward a copy to the Regional Office.
Region 2 Supplement: 2409.12-2014-4
EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/18/2014
DURATION: This supplement expires 5 years from the effective date unless superseded or removed
earlier.
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FSH 2409.12 – TIMBER CRUISING HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 60 – QUALITY CONTROL
62.1 - Qualified Cruiser
7. Standards and elements for field measurement evaluation are shown in
exhibit 01.
62.1 - Exhibit 01
Field Measurement Evaluation
Check Cruise
Element
In/out Trees
Species
D.B.H.
Height
<= 100 Feet
Height
> 100 Feet
Defect
Product
3rd-Par. Volume
Tolerance
or
Weight
Tolerance
Weight
Tolerance
Weight
Tolerance
Weight
Tolerance
Weight
Tolerance
Weight
Tolerance
Weight
Tolerance
Weight
Tolerance
None
5
None
5
+ 0.2 Inches
1
4 feet
1
4 feet + 1
Per 25’ > 100’
1
+ 10 %
1
None
3
5% Gross