Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Logging | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 8h Th, 12h Pr, 4h AUTR | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Philippe Lejeune | ||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| Presentation of main forest harvesting systems used throughout the world. Attention is paid to - interaction between environment constraints and equipments; - improvement of wood supply chain (new technologies); - safety measures in forest harvesting. 1. Introduction 2. Harvesting systems and methods 3. Harvesting equipments 4. Harvesting productivity and costing 5. Forest roads | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| After completing the course the student is expected to : - understand the concepts harvesting methods and harvesting systems; - be able to identify the factors affecting the selection of a harvesting system; - be able to recognize the most common equipments used in mechanized forest harvesting and to know their main functionalities; - be able to estimate the productivity and calculate the profitability of a forest harvesting system; - be able to set up safety concepts in forest harvesting operations (safety equipment, risk factors, ..). | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Basic knowledge in silviculture | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 10 h Seminar : 4 h Personal assignment : 10 h | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - The support of the lectures will be distributed through MyULG - ARMEF [1993]. Manuel d'exploitation forestière (tome 1). ARMEF, CTBA, 442 p. - ARMEF [1994]. Manuel d'exploitation forestière (tome 2). ARMEF, CTBA, 415 p. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| - personnal report (50 %)
- written knowledge test (50 %) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Lejeune, Philippe (Professeur) Forest and Nature Management 081 622296 | ||||||||