%0 Article
%T Professional development courses for foresters 1948-1950
%A Metsähallitus
%D 1951
%J Silva Fennica
%V 
%N 69
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a13979
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/4601
%X <p>Silva Fennica Issue 69 includes presentations held in 1948-1950 in the fourth professional development courses, arranged for foresters working in the Forest Service. The presentations focus on practical issues in forest management and administration, especially in regional level. The education was arranged by Forest Service.</p>
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<p>The issue includes the following presentations; the individual presentations can be found in separate PDFs:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Opening words of the course</p>
<p>Large scale worksite</p>
<p>Use of machines in construction of roads and floating channels</p>
<p>Floating in northern Finland and its challenges</p>
<p>The role of Forest Service in the reconstruction of Northern Finland</p>
<p>Draining operations in the state forests of Perä-Pohjola in Northen Finland</p>
<p>General qualitative requirements for roundwood</p>
<p>Qualitative classification of saw logs based on the use of sawn wood, sorting and test sawing</p>
<p>Classification of saw logs</p>
<p>Benefits of qualitative classification of saw logs</p>
<p>Value grading of Scots pine saw logs</p>
<p>Accuracy of qualitative classification of saw logs</p>
<p>Modern management of personnel</p>
<p>The present stage of rationalization</p>
<p>Accomplishments in timber transportation</p>
<p>Aerial mapping</p>
<p>Use of aerial photographs in state forestry</p>
<p>Use of statistics in forestry</p>