NZQA registered unit standard
20766 version 2
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Title
Describe forest management and log use in solid wood
manufacturing
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
factors influencing forest management; describe factors that
influence log grading; describe log flow and wood utilisation in
the solid wood manufacturing sectors.
Classification
Wood Manufacturing - Generic Skills > Wood Manufacturing
Foundation Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
All performance criteria must be demonstrated and assessed in accordance with the
reference text: Distance Learning Guide – Forestry Knowledge (Auckland: Competenz,
2002) and available from Competenz, PO Box 9005, Newmarket, Auckland 1149.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe factors influencing forest management.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Advantages of using marginal land for forest growing against other land use
options are described.
Range
1.2
return on investment, species performance and acceptance in the
market place.
The importance of utilisation gains from the whole tree are described.
Range
improved log quality, higher usable volumes per log, and cost
effective utilisation of by-products.
1.3
Increased log quality is linked with improved value recovery in down stream
processing in solid wood, and wood panel manufacturing plants.
1.4
The matching of resource volumes and rotation times to meet product demand
is explained.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
20766 version 2
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1.5
Wood product requirements that influence silvicultural practices are identified.
1.6
Risks to the forest estate during the growth cycle are described.
Outcome 2
Describe factors that influence log grading.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Main tree species are matched to market products.
Range
trees species may include but are not limited to – Pinus Radiata,
Douglas Fir, Eucalyptus, Cyprus species.
2.2
Parameters common to log specifications are identified and log classifications
are described.
2.3
Log classifications are matched to wood products in the solid wood, and wood
panel sectors.
Outcome 3
Describe log flow and wood utilisation in the solid wood manufacturing sectors.
Range
description may include the use of flow diagrams to illustrate relationships
Evidence requirements
3.1
Description identifies species and log grades used in the round wood and solid
wood manufacturing sectors.
3.2
Description identifies product mix derived from input log grades in each of the
sectors.
3.3
Description identifies by-products generated in each of the sectors and the
reprocessing steps for each of these.
3.4
Description identifies market destinations for solid wood manufacturing
products.
3.5
Description identifies product market values from raw logs to a selection of
relevant finished products in dollars per tonne.
Planned review date
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
31 December 2013
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NZQA registered unit standard
20766 version 2
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
18 December 2006
N/A
Rollover
2
15 April 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Competenz at info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016