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04-For-A1 Forest Engineering Operations: May 2014

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  1. Question 1 Harvest Systems — Definition, Types and Equipment
  2. Question 2 Process Improvement and Forest-Company Productivity Strategy
  3. Question 3 Does Improving One Machine Improve the Whole System?
  4. Question 4 Full-Tree vs. Short-Wood Systems
  5. Question 5 Equipment Costing — Rental Rate / Proforma
  6. Question 6 Techniques to Reduce Wood Cost
  7. Question 7 The Earnings Formula — Volume, Rate, Productivity, Utilization
  8. Question 8 Hourly-Rate vs. Productivity-Based Equipment Reimbursement

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EGBC National Exam — Forest Engineering, 04-For-A1 Forest Engineering Operations, May 2014. Open book; any non-communicating calculator permitted. 3 hours. Eight essay questions of equal value (20 marks each); the instructions call for any FIVE to be answered for a complete 100-mark paper.

Reference texts: Heinimann, Forest Operations Engineering (harvest-system classification, machine functions, systems productivity); FPInnovations/FERIC technical reports and the FERIC machine-rate (proforma) costing method (equipment cost analysis, time-and-motion productivity studies); Sessions (ed.), Forest Road Engineering Guidebook (forest transportation context); BC Ministry of Forests guidance and the BC Forest and Range Practices Act (Canadian regulatory and operational context).