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    Timber Harvesting & Forest Logistics 773
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    Topic 1
    Test on Chapters 1, 2, 3 of the prescribed reading and assignments 2, 3, and 4
    Post your questions here / Meld jou vrae hier aan
    Roads Test 1
    Roads and Transport Test Final (10-13th November)
    Timber Harvesting - Final (24-27th November)
    Topic 2
    Post your questions here / Meld jou vrae hier aan
    Topic 3
    Assignment 1
    Topic 4
    Assignment 2 - Visualizing DTM data
    Week 3 Road Network Design and Alignment; April 11th-15th
    Assignment 2 - Coarse road alignment
    Tutorial - Heart rate analysis in pruning operations
    Week 4 Catchment Analysis and Drainage Design; April 19th-23rd
    Assignment 3 - Catchment delineation, drainage planning & design
    Tutorial 2 - Cost and CO2 balance of mulching
    Week 5 Road Construction Principles, April 25th -29th
    Assignment 4 - Fine Road Alignment
    Tutorial 3 Terrain Accessibility Modelling
    Week 6: Road maintenance, May 3rd - 6th
    Assignment 6 Road Surfacing - Volumes, Cost and Allocation
    Assignment - Steep terrain excursion report
    Test 1 Introduction to Forest Operations, Human Factors, Silviculture operations
    Week 7: Road Construction and Maintenance Revision, April 26th-30th
    Practical 6 - Time and motion studies
    Week 8: Recess ; May 3rd - 7th
    Machine cost calculations
    Test 2 Ground based and cable based harvesting systems + Ergonomics
    Week 9: Soil Mechanics; May 10th-14th
    Week 10: Soil Mechanics; May 17th-21st
    Harvesting planning - Costs delivered to roadside
    Written assignment and class presentation on topic of your choice
    Week 11: Timber Transport - Road Truck Configurations ; May 24th-28th
    Supply Cost Curves
    Test 3 - Time and productivity studies, machine and systems costing
    Week 12: Timber Transport - Primary and Secondary transport; May 31st - June 4th
    Week 13: Minimising Transport Costs; June 7th-11th
    Assignment 7: Minimising transport costs
    Revision
    Final Test Wed 10th November
    Presentation (not abstract)
    Week 13: ; 19th-23rd October
    Environmental Impact and Bioenergy Harvesting
    Welcome to Timber Harvesting and Forest Logistics
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    Module 1: Introduction to Forest Engineering
    MODULE 1- (Self Test) Forest Engineering (FE)
    Module 2: Factors Affecting Productivity
    Module 2- (Self Test) Factors affecting productivity questions
    Post your questions here / Meld jou vrae hier aan
    Module 3: Terminology
    Module 3 - Quiz Terminology
    Module 4: Timber Product Specification
    Module 4 - Timber Product Specification
    Module 5: Equipment Costing
    Module 5 - Equipment, plant and vehicle cost calculations
    Module 6: Maintenance of Forest Machines & Replacement Strategies
    Module 6. Forest machine maintenance and replacement
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    MODULE 1- (Self Test) Forest Engineering (FE)
    Module 2- (Self Test) Factors effecting productivity questions
    Module 3 - ( Self Test ) Terminology
    Module 4 - (Self Test ) Timber Product Specification
    Module 5 - (Self Test) Equipment, plant and vehicle cost calculations
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