FWPFRM5005 — Contribute to selection and application of forest growth models
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31 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 10 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Select method of forecasting forest growth and yield
- 1.1Classify stand characteristics that most affect forest growth and yield
- 1.2Research different methods of forecasting forest growth and yield
- 1.3Determine the key features and data requirements for different forest growth models
- 1.4Establish criteria for selecting a method of forecasting forest growth and yield
- 1.5Apply the selection criteria to determine the appropriate method for forecasting forest growth and yield for a stand
2 Apply a forest growth model to forecast forest growth and yield
- 2.1Explain how growth models are used to compare results of different silvicultural regimes and scheduling pruning and thinning operations to forestry personnel
- 2.2Determine the data, including site index, species and genotype, age, establishment stocking, current stocking and basal area, required to simulate forest growth and forecast yield using a growth model
- 2.3Acknowledge the limitations of inventory data and the effects of inaccurate data from pre-harvest inventory on forecasts
- 2.4Use a simple stand volume formula to derive the total stand volume for a set of forecasts of basal area and mean top height
- 2.5Derive current annual increment and mean annual increment
- 2.6Use a stand growth model software package to simulate the growth and yield of a stand from establishment to clear felling
3 Compare forecasts with actual harvest yields
- 3.1Review forecasted yield data for a forest stand
- 3.2Collate actual harvest yield data for a forest stand, and compare with forecast yield
- 3.3Document and account for discrepancies between actual and forecast harvest yield
- 3.4Report on comparison of forecast and actual harvest yield to appropriate personnel, noting potential implications for silviculture practices and forest growth modelling techniques
Performance evidence
- simulated the growth and yield of one stand from establishment to clear felling using a stand growth model software package. In undertaking this activity, the individual has: • determined data requirements for simulation • selected a stand growth model software package • assessed quality of inventory data • applied software package to simulate stand growth and yield • compared and reported on forecast and actual yields.
- simulated the yield of one stand with a recorded silvicultural history and a current inventory data using a stand growth model. In undertaking this activity, the individual has: • determined data requirements • selected a stand growth model • assessed quality of recorded silvicultural history and current inventory data • applied model to simulate stand growth and yield • compared and reported on forecast and actual yields.
Knowledge evidence
- distinguishing between growth and yield
- methods of forecasting growth and yield: • continuous forest inventories • permanent sample plots • replicated trials • growth models
- types, features and data requirements of growth models: • stand-based models • individual tree models • diameter class models
- advantages and disadvantages of different forest growth models
- stand characteristics that affect growth and yield: • mix of species in a stand • stand age • site quality • density or stocking • competition
- stand growth terminology: • annual increment • mean annual increment • annual compound interest rate of growth
- growth model software packages
- inputs to a growth model software package and their limitations: • basal area increment factors • Wiebull functions and breakage functions • taper and volume tables • site and regime variables • log cutting patterns
- formula for calculating forest growth and yield
- techniques for comparing forecasts with actual harvest yields.
Foundation skills
- Reading: Interpret complex written, technical information in source documents related to forest growth models
- Writing: Design, develop and revise strategic documents appropriate to audience and context
- Oral communication: Use active listening and questioning techniques to convey and clarify information
- Numeracy: Analyse and compare complex statistical information related to forest growth and yield
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