Training for Precommercial Thinners

6. The Silvics of Precommercial Thinning

• Silvicultural Techniques and Precommercial Thinning
• Objectives of Precommercial Thinning
• Site Requirements and Variability
• Results of Precommercial Thinning

8. Advanced Felling and Work Technique

• The "Working a Face" Work Technique
• The "Crop Tree Weave" Work Technique
• Advanced Cutting Practices
• Variable Spacing of Crop Trees
• The "Natural Boundary" Work Technique

7. Crop Tree Selection and Spacing

• Tree Identification
• Characteristics of Crop Trees
• Spacing Requirements
• Quality Control Parameters of P.C.T.

9. Special Cutting Considerations

• Special Cutting Problems
• On Site Size Variabilities
• Stages of Stand Development
• Composition of Stand Development

 

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Last Updated 02/12/2004