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Course title Forest Exploitation II
Course code MežZ4014
Credit points (ECTS) 3
Total Hours in Course 81
Number of hours for lectures 16
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes 16
Independent study hours 49
Date of course confirmation 08/11/2011
Responsible Unit Institute of Forest Management
 
Course developers
Dr. sc. ing., Aleksandrs Saveļjevs
Dr. sc. ing., asoc. prof. (Emeritus) Ziedonis Sarmulis

There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course
 
Course abstract
The study course provides knowledge about timber landings and relevant operations, different technological variants for energy wood production, low-grade and residual wood utilization technology. During the course students are acquainted with indices of different aspects, useful for assessment of alternative variants.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
Students get knowledge about technology in stationary timber landings, energy wood industry, and for low-grade wood useful utilization. Skills how to make unbiased evaluation of technological variants are acquired. Gained competence is sufficient for decision making to choose appropriate development directions of forest management.
Course Content(Calendar)
1.Classification and main indicators of timber warehouses. Lect.1 h, lab.d.1 h.
2 Timber unloading and stockpiling in warehouses. Lect.1 h, lab.d.1 h.
3 Timber sorting and processing operations: shredding, splitting, peeling. Lect.1 h, lab.d.1 h. 4 Stacking and loading of timber in further vehicles Lecc.1 h, lab.d.1 h. (Test 5).
5 Energy wood raw material preparation technology and tools. Lect.1 h, lab.d.1 h.
6 Uses of low-value and production residual wood. Lect.1 h, lab.d.1 h.
7 Determining the required number of workers and machines in felling works. Lect.1 h, lab.d.1 h.
8 Determination of basic technical, technological and economic indicators of logging (6.kontrold Lekc.1 h, lab.d.1 h. arbs). (8 weeks are planned for classroom classes in the 8th semester).
Requirements for awarding credit points
Must have successfully developed all practical papers (10% of the total grade), successfully written all tests (20% of the total grade), successfully passed the written exam (70% of the total grade). A successful examination grade can be obtained automatically if the grade of any practical work or test is not lower than 7 ("good").
Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work
Study of literature.
Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes
Must have successfully developed all practical papers (10% of the total grade), successfully written all tests (20% of the total grade), successfully passed the written exam (70% of the total grade). A successful examination grade can be obtained automatically if the grade of any practical work or test is not lower than 7 ("good").
Compulsory reading
1. Cars A. Energoresursi. Rīga: SIA Baltic Communication Partners, 2008. 102 lpp.
2. Vasiļevskis A. Vispārīgas ziņas par kokmateriālu pirmapstrādes ražotni. Jelgava: LLU, 2002. 36 lpp.
3. Enerģētisko šķeldu ražošana no mežizstrādes atlikumiem. Rīga: LVMI Silava, 2008. 16 lpp. 4. Saliņš Z. Mežs - Latvijas nacionālā bagātība. Jelgava: Autora izd., 2002. 248 lpp.
Further reading
1. Vasiļevskis A. Kokmateriālu pirmapstrādes iecirkņa projekts: metod. norādījumi. Jelgava: LLU, 2001. 49 lpp.
2. Buongiorno J., Gilless J. K. Decision Methods for Forest Resource Management. Amsterdam [etc.]: Academic Press, 2003. 439 p. 3. Saliņš Z.Meža izmantošana Latvijā - vēsture , stāvoklis, perspektīvas. Jelgava: Meža izmantošanas kat., 1999. 270 lpp.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Baltijas Koks, ISSN 1407-6667
2. Meža Avīze, ISSN 1407-6187 3. SkogForsk Results, ISSN 1103-6222