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Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain supply chain
management in forestry operations; describe the principles of forestry
operations inventory management; describe the nature of sales
arrangements employed in New Zealand commercial forestry; describe log
dispatching systems used in forest operations; describe New Zealand log
export operations; analyse given forestry supply chains and recommend the
most efficient option; explain monitoring in a forest operations supply chain.
Subfield
Forestry
Domain
Status
Registered
Status date
16 October 2009
16 October 2009
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Competenz
0173
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New Zealand Forest Industry Facts & Figures produced by the New Zealand Forest
Owners Association, the Wood Processors Association of New Zealand, and the
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and available from www.nzfoa.org.nz. The New
Zealand Forest Industry Facts & Figures is published yearly and candidates must use
the most recent publication.
Situation and Outlook for New Zealand Agriculture and Forestry published by Ministry
of Agriculture and Forestry and available from http://www.maf.govt.nz.
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Definition
Forestry operations are commercial operations involving forest establishment,
silviculture, harvesting, forest inventory, or other forestry activities.
1.2
1.3
Element 2
Describe the principles of forestry operations inventory management.
Performance criteria
2.1
2.2
The costs of inventory are explained in accordance with the reference texts.
Range
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2.3
2.4
Log inventory locations used in forestry operations are explained and the costs
of the different locations are compared.
Range
Element 3
Describe the nature of sales arrangements employed in New Zealand commercial forestry.
Performance criteria
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
Element 4
Describe log dispatching systems used in forest operations.
Performance criteria
4.1
Systems used to manage the dispatch of log trucks are identified and described
in accordance with the reference texts.
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4.2
Types of log distribution documentation are identified and the function of each
document is explained in accordance with the reference texts.
Range
4.3
Element 5
Describe New Zealand log export operations.
Performance criteria
5.1
Ports in New Zealand that export logs and wood products are identified and
constraints of operation are described in accordance with the reference texts.
Range
5.2
The operations involved in log exports and the functions of port staff are
explained in accordance with the reference texts.
Range
5.3
Two factors that impact on shipping costs to New Zealand exporters are
identified and described in accordance with the reference texts.
Element 6
Analyse given forestry supply chains and recommend the most efficient option.
Range
domestic direct, export direct, domestic via yard, export via yard.
Performance criteria
6.1
The structure of each supply chain is described, including each step in the
supply chain process, in accordance with the reference texts.
6.2
Information requirements for each step of the supply chain are described in
accordance with the reference texts.
Range
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6.3
Options using given costs and volumes for the supply chain are compared.
Range
6.4
The supply chain plan that best meets customer requirements at least total cost
is identified in accordance with the reference texts.
Element 7
Explain monitoring in a forest operations supply chain.
Performance criteria
7.1
KPIs for each step of the supply chain are described in accordance with the
reference texts.
Range
7.2
7.3
log inventory in forest, yards, and port; log deliveries to port and
domestic customers; customer service; processing; added value
and cost.
The impact of changes to supply chain variables on the supply chain plan is
explained.
Range
7.4
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP
also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
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