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New Zealand's forest industries can be divided into six product sectors and two support sectors.
Click on each sector for a description of the tasks and roles it involves.
PRODUCT SECTORS
SUPPORT SECTORS
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FOREST PLANNING, GROWING AND HARVESTING
FOREST PLANNING
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Before a new forest plantation is established, it has to be planned from the ground up.
The planning process involves many people, including:
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Business Optimisation Analysts
- Environmental Planners
- Forest Planners and Managers
- Logistics and Geographical Informational Specialists
- Social Impact Scientists
- Project Managers
- Roading and Transport Specialists.
FOREST ESTABLISHMENT
The establishment of a new plantation involves Forest Managers, Quality Controllers, Environmental Planners and Forest Engineers.
There's a lot to be done:
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Building the roads
- Site preparation
- Planting seedlings - these will have been bio-engineered to ensure the quality of the final log output
- Weed control, to help the seedlings establish a firm foothold
- Protection from insect and animal predators.
SILVICULTURE
Now the Silviculture Workers play their part, and it's a long one. A plantation forest takes up to 28 years to achieve full growth and during its life it demands regular maintenance.
Ongoing care is managed by Forest Health Surveillance Teams, who are trained in detecting forest health disorders.
Routine care for a growing forest includes:
- Pruning, to help the trees grow straight and tall
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Thinning out unwanted or substandard trees
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Continuing protection from diseases and pests.
FOREST HARVESTING
A whole team of specialists is required for efficient forest harvesting.
Here are some of the people you would find in the forest during harvesting:
- Tree Fellers assess individual trees and, using state of the art equipment. skilfully drop each one with minimum damage
- Breakers-Out help get the log from where it falls to the on-site processing area (skid)
- Machine Operators also haul the stems (felled trees) to the skid site for processing into logs
- If the terrain is very steep or difficult, specialist Cable Harvesting Workers are called in to help - they use steel wire cables and towers to move the stems
- Overseeing the harvest process are Harvest Planners, Health and Safety Officers, Quality Controllers, Forest Engineers, Crew Foremen, Harvest Schedulers and Production Co-ordinators.
GETTING THE LOGS TO MARKET
Once the trees have been harvested, it's time to turn stems into logs and deliver them to customers.
Here's what happens along the way:
- Skilled Log Makers assess the quality of each stem before measuring, marking and cutting it to extract the maximum volume of processing stock
- Log Loader Operators load the trucks that will deliver the logs to mills or ports
- Transport Co-ordinators, Truck Drivers, Mill Schedulers, Supply Chain Managers, Port and Shipping Operators, Log Distributors, Reloading Engineers and Sales and Marketing people all help to get the logs to their final destination.
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