This course is arranged through the National Forestry Masters Program (NFMP) as cross-institutional enrolment though University of Melbourne. The course will be offered as 2-week block from 22 June - 3 July 2009.

The course is directed to the role of the forest manager in forest harvesting. It entails evolution of forest harvesting, social and economic aspects of the business of forest harvesting, logging systems analyses, harvesting technology, felling, extraction including skidding, forwarding, cable logging and aerial logging techniques, landing operations and location, wood transport and transport scheduling, and the role of information technology in forest harvesting. It will also deal with preparation of harvesting plans, the structure of contracts and timber sales agreements. The health and safety of harvesting workers will be given emphasis. Introduction to forest hydrology, hydrological processes, erosion, sedimentation, flood, water quality in relation to forest resource management. Principles of planning forest roads: location, construction and maintenance of roads. Harvesting business management and ethics. Environmental impacts of harvesting and roading; control procedures and practices. Costing of harvesting operations.