Industrial Use of WoodLaajuus (10 cr)

Objectives

Students become familiar with national economy as a whole. The students understand the forest cluster's role for national economy and local economy and the changes that are happening at operational environment. The students become familiar with all forms of wood utilisation and the quality needs coming from mills etc. The students learn all main measuring methods of wood and know the laws concerning measuring. The students learn how retrieve information for professional problem solving.

Content

National economy, forest cluster, costs for forest industry, raw materials, growing quaility pine, pruning, main
processes of forest industry, by-products, sertification, wood energy, recycling, measuring methods, MS
excel, wood utilization level at Finland, jobs at forest cluster and part of gross national product, data bank and
information retrieval, critical point of view when analysing the information.