1. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of notion:
1.1. forest industry structure and basic functions;
1.2. occupational diseases, their causes;
1.3. basics of hunting management.
2. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of understanding:
2.1. laws and regulations in the forest industry;
2.2. biology and ecology;
2.3. basics of physics;
2.4. basics of chemistry;
2.5. basics of business and accounting;
2.6. legal employment relations;
2.7. professional communication.
3. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of use:
3.1. forestry (forest botany, typology and ecology, dendrology);
3.2. organization and planning of the forestry work;
3.3. forest taxation;
3.4. forest protection;
3.5. plant protection tools in the forestry;
3.6. forest regeneration and cultivating;
3.7. wood science (wood materials and their quality, wood wounds);
3.8. production cost formation, principles and calculations;
3.9. use of forest machines (machines used in forest regeneration and cultivating, tree nurseries and logging);
3.10. basics of logging (felling scheduling, landscape planning, preparation of wood materials, transportation and felling residue processing methods (working techniques), basic principles of control measurement performance);
3.11. use of brush cutter and notor saw;
3.12. forest infrastructure maintenance;
3.13. map reading, area survey, felling sketch preparation;
3.14. fire safety regulations, fire safety and fire prevention methods;
3.15. acting in the event of accident and provision of the first aid;
3.16. labour protection;
3.17. environmental protection and nature protection in the forestry;
3.18. electrical safety requirements;
3.19. professional forestry terms and symbols in the official language and one foreign language;
3.20. mathematical calculations (area, cubage, quantity, %, size, volume and cost calculations);
3.21. one foreign language at the professional communication level;
3.22. road traffic regulations and traffic safety;
3.23. official language.

1. To recognize and differentiate plant, moss, shrub, and woody sort litters, determine types of soil and forest.
2. To choose the type of forest regeneration (sowing, planting, natural), renewable sorts, use suitable forest regeneration techniques and methods, prepare appropriate instruments and materials for work.
3. To choose the method of soil preparation for forest regeneration and afforestation.
4. To perform maintenance of forest work (to cultivate seed plantations, to harvest cones and seeds, perform seed pre-treatment and storage).
5. To perform tree nursery work (to vaccinate, prepare the soil, sow, plant, cultivate crops and plantings, use plant fertilizers ( calculate norms, prepare fluids and so on), perform transplanting, prepare seedlings for realization).
6. To measure and identify the area, prepare sketches of the measured areas.
7. To define target types and maintenance intensity, take care of the restored and cultivated forest area, prune the growing trees.
8. To work with a motor saw.
9. To monitor the forest machine operator used in the forest nurseries and forest management and the work of employees in the forest nurseries or forest regeneration.
10. To build target stands.
11. To determine forest inventory parameters (stand age, tree height, diameter, basal area, tree benefit categories).
12. To choose future trees.
13. To determine the types of forest pests and disease, degree of development and damage.
14. To choose the right forest protection methods.
15. To use herbal remedies.
16. To recognize the types of forest animals and birds.
17. To work with hand and electrical measuring instruments and specialized forestry computer programs.
18. To perform simple repair and maintenance of instruments and tools, prepare them for work.
19. To use fuel, oil, and technical liquids relevant to the technical specification.
20. To use computers, specialized computer programs and electronic communication sources.
21. To find, evaluate, and use information related to the ongoing tasks.
22. To perform calculations of technological process and compose an estimate.
23. To plan and organize your work, take responsibility for the results of your work.
24. To record and control progress of the ongoing tasks (including work of forest machine operators), quality and used materials.
25. To work in a team and independently, take the initiative, comply with the work culture and professional ethics, solve issues during the work process.
26. To work by meeting the nature and environmental protection requirements, use environmentally friendly materials.
27. To orientate in the industry laws and regulations, use forestry knowledge and the latest development technologies in the forest management industry.
28. To observe the labour protection, fire safety and electrical safety requirements.
29. To use correct, ergonomic and safe working techniques, use personal and collective protection products.
30. To plan preventive fire safety measures, choose fire prevention methods according to the forest type.
31. To evaluate types of the forest fires, fire extinguishing techniques, perform fire prevention measure planning, organizing and extinguishing.
32. To find, analyse, and use information about the latest technologies in the field of forestry and constantly develop the professional competence.
33. To provide the first aid.
34. To drive light motor vehicles and wheeled tractors.
35. To have a good command of the official language.
36. To have a good command of one foreign language at the professional communication level.
37. To use professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language.
38. To use knowledge of business and accounting.

1. Ability to plan and organize one’s work and workplace by working independently and in a team and performing the work tasks in high quality by observing the labour protection, fire safety and electrical safety regulations, environmental protection requirements.
2. Ability to perform the work tasks in high quality by meeting the requirements of forest field regulatory acts and internal company rules.
3. Ability to perform wood maintenance in high quality and productively by using suitable working methods and techniques.
4. Ability to identify nature values, plan seed production tasks, perform soil preparation tasks, wood restoration, afforestation and forest stand maintenance, perform felling development, forest stand survey, as well as work in the tree nurseries according to the work task.
5. Ability to use environmentally friendly work techniques, use fuels and lubricants suitable for motor-driven instruments.
6. Ability to self-educate  bydeveloping professional competence independently according to the latest trends in the forest field and development level of the applied technologies.
7. Aability to saw qualitatively and productively with motor-driven instruments available in the forestry,  evaluate the quality of trees and, by using them rationally prepare valuable timbers meeting the wood material quality requirements.
8. Ability to record the completed work and used materials, control working progress and quality, perform cost calculation of the technological process.
9. Ability to observe the labour protection requirements, use suitable, ergonomic and safe working techniques, use personal protection products, participate in the determination of environmental risk factors.
10. Ability to act in the event of fire or accidents. To provide the first aid.
11. Ability to communicate, listen to others and provide reasoned arguments to solve the work tasks.
12. Ability to drive a vehicle in order to reach a work place in the woods.
13. Ability to drive wheeled tractors.
14. Ability to communicate in the official language and one foreign language.
15. Ability to solve issues related to work creatively and innovatively.
16. Ability to use information technologies (use of computers, communication technologies).