Timber Quality and Timber Measurement (3 cr)
Code: 6M00DQ17-3005
General information
Enrolment period
01.12.2021 - 31.12.2021
Timing
10.01.2022 - 11.03.2022
Credits
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Forestry
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Forestry
Teachers
- Eeva Sundström
- Reijo Virtanen
- Perttu Arminen
Person in charge
Manne Viljamaa
Groups
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21IM
Objectives (course unit)
The student
- Understands the demands of different production processes on the dimensions and quality requirements of timber grades
- is familiar with the general measurement and quality requirements for different types of timber
- is familiar with the measurement legislation and is able to take its requirements into account in its own operations
- knows the main methods of measuring timber and can measure timber at the roadside
Content (course unit)
Timber Measurement Legislation, Timber Measurement Methods ,Measurement and Quality Requirements for Timber and Their Impact on Timber Measurement, Roadside Measurement in Practice
Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)
The student knows the regulations of the Timber Measurement Act
He is familiar with the general dimensions and quality requirements for different wood assortments
He / she knows the basic methods of measuring timber and is able to perform timber measurement for the most common wood assortments
Assessment scale
0-5