Student assessment timetable (PDF)
Please complete and return this timetable with your completed enrolment form.  Please note it is a course requirement assessments are submitted on a regular basis (as per the assessment timetable).  Should assessments not be submitted as per the assessment timetable the student will be notified which may result in withdrawal from the student's course of study.

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Forestry silviculture

Course Length

One year from date of enrolment, part-time study

Credits

57 credits

Qualification

Telford Certificate in Forestry Knowledge: Silviculture

Course Fee

NZ student fees

International student fees

Entry Requirements

Competent in written English. Enrol at any time, students must be 16 years or over. English language proficiency is required. International students require IELTS of 5.5 or a TOEFL of 500 plus TWE 4.5

Textbooks Required

None

Forestry knowledge

If you are looking for a forestry course which can be tailored to suit whichever area of forestry you are working or interested in, then the Telford certificate in Forestry Knowledge is just what you are looking for. The course is suitable for both forestry workers and people interested in forestry. The course does not contain any practical.

Course content

Including Telford courses and NZQA unit standards which you may achieve on successful completion of the course.

Core Forestry Knowledge

  • 561201 Code of practice relating to chainsaw use
  • 21557 Identify plant pests, diseases and disorders, and describe control measures
  • 561103 Quality determining factors in commercial plantation forestry
  • 561102 Commercial plantation trees in New Zealand
  • 561502 Environmental requirements in forest operations
  • 561105 New Zealand Commercial Forestry and Forest Industry Sectors

Forest Establishment

  • 561104 Plantation forest establishment and silviculture

Forestry Plant Collection

  • 561101 Plant Collection

Preparation and Releasing

  • 562402 Forest site planting preparation
  • 562402 Releasing plantation trees and the use of agrichemicals

Planting, Pruning, Thinning

  • 562501 Planting plantation trees
    562502 Pruning plantation trees
  • 562503 Thinning plantation trees

Tree Selection

  • 562601 Selecting plantation trees