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Forest road maintenance courses

Australian-based forest road maintenance courses will be presented by Forme Consulting Group and Forestry Solutions this month. Source: Timberbiz

These courses will be held in Brisbane (18-19 March) and in Melbourne (21-22 March) and are aimed at foresters who are responsible for maintaining forest roads, managing contractors that maintain forest roads, and contractors.

The course is also relevant to forestry consultants, territorial and state authorities and woodlot harvesting managers. It is applicable to those wanting a refresher as well as those wanting to gain some engineering knowledge to justify their road maintenance decisions.

Courses will be conducted using a series of modules presented by two forest engineers, Andrew McEwan from Forestry Solutions and Chris Carlaw from Forme Consulting Group.

Participants are encouraged to interact with presenters and other participants drawing upon their own road maintenance problems/solutions and experience.

The modules covered are:

• Common road defects;
• Recognising defects, identifying the cause of the defect and planning for maintenance;
• Important soil and surfacing material properties that influence road maintenance;
• Roadside maintenance;
• Drainage and stream crossing maintenance;
• Surface maintenance;
• Regravelling/Resurfacing;
• Surfacing operations;
• Road maintenance equipment;
• Financial aspects of road maintenance.

For more information visit www.forme.co.nz/Forest%20Roads.html