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Associate Degree in Applied science (Forestry)
- Duration: 2 years full-time (or equivalent part-time)
- Location: Gatton campus, Lockyer Valley
- Delivery mode: This program is generally available both internally and externally
- Prerequisites: Qld Year 12 (recommended subject: English)
- QTAC code: 790 509
- 2007 entry score: OP 20, Rank 57
What is Forestry?
Forestry, very broadly, is the management of trees and forests. This term is used occasionally to imply differentiation between conventional forests, managed in Australia by state governments on long rotations for timber production, and private forestry, agroforests or farm forests, which may encompass diverse management, products and objectives (www.greenhouse.gov.au/nrm).
Careers in Forestry
Timber-harvesting operations, sawmill quality control, conservation organisations (e.g. Landcare), Government (as a technician), Environmental Officer Associate Degree outline
Gain the knowledge and training to manage native and plantation forests and to work in forest product utilisation, especially the environmental use of forests as a valuable renewable
resource. Examine forest management, communication, plant biology, engineering, legislation and resource economics.
Why study an Associate Degree?
- An associate degree is a two-year program which provides full articulation into a bachelor program in a directly related area of study (the previously offered diploma program only provided between 12 and 18 months credit towards a degree).
- The associate degree program may offer the opportunity to gain prerequisite subjects at a University level (ie, Maths, Chemistry and Biology) required for entry into a degree program.
- An associate degree qualification provides a broad-based point of entry to employment, in particular in a range of associate professional occupations.
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