Certificate IV in Forest Operations

Monitor safety, health and environmental requirements in forest and wood products operations

Monitor and improve forestry operations

Develop procedures to minimise risks in the use of chemicals

Plan and implement a chemical use program

Protect places of cultural significance

Supervise maintenance of property, machinery and equipment

Protect places of cultural significance

Develop personal work priorities

Facilitate stakeholder engagement

Follow workplace health and safety policies and procedures in forest and wood products operations

Apply safety, health and environmental requirements in forest and wood products operations

Communicate effectively with general public or stakeholders concerned about forest practices

Fell trees manually (advanced)

Fell trees manually (advanced)

Implement environmental management practices to a forestry operation site

Monitor and manage product and service quality in the forest and wood products industry

Plan for and coordinate quarry operations

Plan for and coordinate road construction and maintenance

Plan for and coordinate construction of log landings and snig tracks

Apply a safety mindset in forestry operations

Manage business operations of a forestry contractor business

Manage people practices in a forestry contractor business

Plan for and coordinate log loading and haulage operations

Apply principles of pneumatics and hydraulics to analyse potential equipment failures

Apply innovative thinking to support forestry best practice

Fell trees manually (advanced)

Assess fire risk

Apply communication protocols during post-bushfire vegetation clearing and clean-up operations

Conduct tree hazard assessment post-fire

Process and interpret harvester and forwarder optimisation data

Harvest trees manually (advanced)

Implement environmental management practices in timber harvesting operations

Conduct a wood volume and yield assessment

Plan for and coordinate fire salvage operations

Plan for and coordinate forest harvesting operations

Plan for and coordinate log recovery (hook tender)

Plan for and coordinate forest site preparation operations

Plan for and coordinate thinning operations in a native forest or plantation

Plan for and coordinate stem improvement operations

Plan for and coordinate forest establishment operations

Plan for and coordinate a stand health and nutrition program

Plan for and coordinate a pests and diseases assessment

Plan for and coordinate a regeneration rate assessment

Plan for and coordinate a forest site assessment

Plan for and coordinate tending operations in a native forest or plantation

Provide First Aid

Provide Advanced First Aid

Manage first aid services and resources

Respond to wildfire

Prevent injury

Suppress wildfire

Conduct simple prescribed burns

Interpret and analyse fire weather information

Supervise machinery use in wildfire operations

Conduct complex prescribed burns

Monitor the safety of transport activities (Chain of Responsibility)

Manage fatigue management policy and procedures