Luua, Estonia - May 20 - 24, 2015
The 14th “European Championship of Forestry Skills” will take place from May 20 to 24 in and around the forestry school of Luua, Estonia.
Students from different European countries (Belgium, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Austria, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Serbia, Slovenia und Hungary) and different agriculture/forestry schools will show their forestry skills.
The competition consists of two parts. First part is demonstrating specific knowledge of working with a chainsaw and consists of five disciplines: Fitting a new chain, bucking by combined cut, precision bucking, undercut and felling cut, and limbing).
The 14th “European Championship of Forestry Skills” will take place from May 20 to 24 in and around the forestry school of Luua, Estonia.
Students from different European countries (Belgium, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Austria, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Serbia, Slovenia und Hungary) and different agriculture/forestry schools will show their forestry skills.
The competition consists of two parts. First part is demonstrating specific knowledge of working with a chainsaw and consists of five disciplines: Fitting a new chain, bucking by combined cut, precision bucking, undercut and felling cut, and limbing).
The second part is demonstrating knowledge about forests. This part takes place over an approximately 3 km long orientation course, within which are 16 points. At each point the competitors must demonstrate their knowledge of forest surveying, or recognize tree and animal species, forest pests and diseases of trees. The winner is the one country whose competitors achieve the highest number of points from both parts.
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