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Scottish School of Forestry

Content

This course will enhance your experience and broaden knowledge opportunities linked with small and large machine use and additional practical skills in preparation for working as an employee/contractor/sub-contractor in the forestry and related industry.

Units may include:

Understanding physiology and identification of trees and plants; Forest Harvesting Machinery skills and project; Introduction to Arboriculture skills and techniques; Advanced Chainsaw operations; Uses of trees and plants; Introduction to essential technologies with in the Forestry and Arboriculture industry; Understanding and operation of machines related to secondary forest industries Forest Harvesting; Machinery skills and project; Forestry Academic skills.

Entry Requirements

2 subjects at National 5 from English, Maths, Biology, Geography and/or a science subject.

Progression Routes

HNC Forestry