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Occupational Certificate Log Yard Operator

Occupational Certificate Log Yard Operator 

Qualification title

Occupational Certificate: Log Yard Operator

Development Quality Partner:  FPMSETA

SAQA QUAL ID: 118107

NQF Level 03

Minimum credits : 39

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 

Purpose:

The purpose of this part-qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Log Yard Operator. Log Yard Operatorreceives logs and process according to wet mill requirements (sorts, stores and delivers logs to the wet mill (sorts, de-barks, measures, etc.).

A qualified learner will be able to:

Receive; inspect; quality assure; de-bark (when applicable), categorise; segregate and store logs in their categoriesaccording to wet mill requirements.

Rationale:

Log Yard Operator is one of the specialised skills within the lumber milling industry. During the development of a WoodProcessing Machine Operator qualification, stakeholders motivated for a part-qualification for individuals who may wishto practice in the log yard as Log Yard Operators. Stakeholders that participated included amongst others, the following:Tirhani Skills for Africa, Concordia Training, representatives from Sawmilling SA, Bracken Timbers and Rance Timber,Skills Unlimited.