Course code MežZ6017
Credit points 3
Forest Operations Technology
Total Hours in Course81
Number of hours for lectures24
Independent study hours57
Date of course confirmation18.10.2016
Responsible UnitInstitute of Forest Management
Course developers
Aleksandrs Saveļjevs
Dr. sc. ing.
Ziedonis Sarmulis
Dr. sc. ing.
Prior knowledge
MežZ5015, Newest Trends in the Forest Sector I
MežZ5033, Newest Trends in the Forest Sector II
Course abstract
The study course includes methods and techniques for analysis of structure and activities in the forest technological processes, depending on the influencing conditions. The course deals with technological processes in all forest works. It focuses mainly on logging.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
After studying the course the student will have:
• Knowledge about methods and techniques for analysis of structure and activities in the forest technological processes.
• Skills to analyse the structural elements of forest technological process at stated working conditions.
• Competence, which provides the ability to produce a meaningful proposals for forest work process structural processes for specific conditions.
Compulsory reading
1. Pēšons P.Ē. Mežizstrādes darbi komandā. 1. un 2.daļa. Tulkojums K.Staņa. CO Print EU. Rīga: 2012.
2. Saliņš Z. Meža izmantošana Latvijā - vēsture, stāvoklis, perspektīvas. Jelgava: Meža izmantošanas katedra, 1990. 270 lpp.
3. Uusitalo J. Introduction to Forest Operations and Technology. JVP Forest Systems. 2010. 287 p.
Further reading
1. Sarmulis Z, Saveļjevs A. Meža darbi un tehnoloģijas. Studentu biedrība "Šalkone". Jelgava, 2015. 146 lpp.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Baltijas Koks. ISSN 1407-6667
2. International Forest Industries. ISSN 1392-1355