Introduction :
leL.O./F.A.O. Course on forest working techniques and
training of forest works for countries in Asia and the Far East
was spread over four weeks. The first week was devoted only.jln
lectures, the next two weeks to field demonstrations of the operations already covered in class room lectures and the last week to
final reviewing of the previous lectures and the field demonstrations. The course covered the following subjects :
Timber cruising and marking,
Road planning and building,
Timber felling techniques with hand tools and with power saws,
Timber skidding, yarding and swinging,
Timber transportation by trucks,
Use & maintenance of hand tools, power saws & heavy equipments,
Timber grading and scaling,
Medical problems of iorest workers,
Need for vocational training of forest workers,
Work studies in forest operations.