Developing Forestry and Wood Processing (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

Contact teaching:
- Contact 1: instruction, introduction, team building and start of project work
- Contact 2: company visits, 8 h
- Contact 3: tutoring lessons
- Contact 4: presentation seminar on project work

Attendance at all four contact teaching sessions is highly recommended. A person absent from company visits prepares a substitute task, Project work prepared in a group must be reported and the results presented on the day of the seminar.

Objective

Purpose of the course:
After completing this course you are able to utilize the forest in many ways and produce wood-based raw materials for various end products.

Competences:
-forestry competence
-environmental competence
-competence of the operating environment

Learning outcomes:
You know diverse uses of forest and wood and how high quality wood is produced for your desired use. You know the market and the earning potential of your chosen forest-related product or service, and you know what the forest owner and forestry needs to produce the service or the raw material for the product.

Content

-properties and use of wood as a raw material
-new forest-based products and services
-production technology of products
-the commercial potential of finished products

Materials

Karvonen, R., 2022. Kuusenkerkistä koivunmahlaan. Tapio; myös e.kirjana JAMKin kirjastossa
-https://www.biotalous.fi/
-https://www.metsateollisuus.fi/uutishuone/wood-based-solutions-from-finland
-https://www.uusipuu.fi/
-https://www.metsakeskus.fi/fi/metsasta-monituotebisnesta-hankkeen-materiaalit
-Luonnontuotealan toimintaohjelma: https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/229380/Raportteja145.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Teaching methods

Project work, excursions, lectures

Employer connections

During the course, a project work related to the use of forests and wood is carried out on a topic chosen by the student.
Company visits are arranged by the teacher.

Student workload

Contact lessons 20 h
Project work 40 h
Independent studying 21 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Adequate 1:
You know forest based raw materials suitable for further processing and final products processed from them. You know the basic characteristics, production and market of the final product or service you choose. You are able to make a presentation of the finished product or service of your choice.

Satisfactory 2:
You understand the effects of forest raw materials that are suitable for further processing on the final products processed. You know characteristics, production methods and markets of the finished product or service you choose. You are able to produce a presentation of your chosen final product or service according to your assignment.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3:
You are able to choose forest-based raw materials suitable for further processing for final products. You know the characteristics of the raw material of your chosen final product or the service, know production methods and will be able to evaluate the market.
You are able to draw up a presentation of your chosen final product or service using the source material.

Very good 4:
You are able to plan the production of forest-based raw materials suitable for further processing. You have a comprehensive knowledge of the raw material characteristics of your chosen final product or service, you know production methods and you will be able to evaluate the market. You are able to draw up a presentation of your chosen final product or service using versatile source materials.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5:
You are able to develop the production of forest-based raw materials suitable for further processing. You have a thorough knowledge of the the service you have chosen or the raw material characteristics and production of the final product you have selected and you can realistically evaluate the market. You are able to produce a flawless presentation of your chosen final product or service using rich and versatile source materials.

Further information

Project work presentation, self-assessment and peer review