SAQA ID: 519944 Operate a Windows System NQF Level 03 Credits 00

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION
This qualification is aimed at people who work or intend to work within a timber harvesting context, and who seek recognition for essential skills in forestry operations.

Recipients of this qualification are able to enhance safety and productivity in timber harvesting, and this qualification provides evidence of a proven ability to:
Use complex and sophisticated felling and extraction systems and machinery necessitating various specialised skills and operations
Prepare an operational timber harvest plan;
Manage oneself;
Supervise other persons directly involved in the timber harvesting operation;
Perform a range of work associated with timber harvesting;
Solve problems that will be encountered in normal operating conditions

This qualification is designed to be flexible and accessible so that people are able to demonstrate the competencies required to work safely in timber harvesting in general and effectively and safely in at least one of the following mechanised timber harvesting specialist areas:
Cable Yarding
Feller Buncher
Harvester
Tractor
Skidder
Forwarder

Rationale of the qualification:

Candidates for this qualification are likely to be working in the forestry sub-field. The qualification will give them the opportunity to balance their practical skills with the essential knowledge required to earn a formal qualification in timber harvesting.

There is also a critical need in the industry to identify people who are able to conduct the essential operations associated with efficient and safe operation in at least one of the mechanised timber harvesting operations.