Professional knowledge
At the conceptual level:
1. Planning and decision-making.
2. Forest breeding.
3. Planning and decision-making.
4. Planning and decision-making.
5. Forest fire protection as part of the national civil protection system.
6. Planning and decision-making.
7. Forest governance at the EU and national level.
8. Concept and history of hunting.
9. Forest management policy in Latvia, Europe, and worldwide.
10. Requirements of forest management standards.
11. Ecology, ecosystems, and forest ecosystem.
12. Landscape ecology.
13. Biodiversity and its protection.
14. Management of sustainability of forest resources.
15. Wood supply chains and their management principles.
16. History of the mechanisation of forestry operations.
17. Role of the wood supply chain management in the forestry sector and in forestry companies.
18. Regulatory framework governing working and rest time in freight transport.
19. Plant genetics and hybridisation.
20. Geodesy.
21. Structure of the financial, budgetary, and tax system of the Republic of Latvia.
22. Wood processing technologies.

At the comprehension level:
1. Soil composition and properties.
2. Forest flora and fauna.
3. Dendrology.
4. Forest typology.
5. Quality management and control methods.
6. Forest entomology and phytopathology.
7. Abiotic impact factors.
8. Ecology of forest insects.
9. Quarantine organisms in forests.
10. Forest damage caused by animals.
11. Planning of preventive forest protection measures.
12. Wildfire science.
13. Methods for the assessment of forest resources.
14. Identification of measurement errors.
15. Purposes for the use of forest inventory data.
16. Wood products and their quality requirements.
17. Biological and economic growth of animals.
18. Principles for the formation of game animal populations.
19. Plans for the management of animal and bird species.
20. General patterns of the origin and development of infectious diseases in forest animals and protection measures.
21. Invasive terrestrial animal species.
22. Hunting products and trophies.
23. International standards binding on Latvia regarding the protection and management of hunting fauna.
24. Management of forest resources.
25. Strategic, tactical, and operational planning.
26. Forest and related ecosystem services, and their spatial distribution.
27. Long-term flows of wood products.
28. Planning of operational activities.
29. Planning of tree felling volumes.
30. Planning of wood transport road network.
31. Environmental planning and landscape ecology.
32. Role of the wood supply chain management in the forestry sector and in forestry companies.
33. Fundamental principles of the operation of the wood supply chain.
34. Planning principles within the supply chain.
35. Principles of forecasting.
36. Principles of work planning.
37. Importance, role, and possible solutions of optimisation in preparing an optimal production plan.
38. Motorised tools in forestry.
39. Types, structure, work equipment, and management information systems of forestry machines.
40. Maintenance of forestry machines.
41. Soil preparation machines and implements, including for mechanised planting.
42. Determination of forestry machinery power and implement compatibility.
43. Types of wood product transport and the machinery and equipment used.
44. Structure, information systems, and maintenance of wood product machines and equipment.
45. Regulatory framework governing working and rest time.
46. Regulatory framework governing wood transport.
47. Quality management and control methods.
48. Economic, environmental, operational, forest protection, and technological factors influencing the planning of felling sites.
49. Working methods of forestry machines.
50. Economic aspects of logging operations.
51. Stem quality zoning and wood faults. Impact of wood quality on the price.
52. Technological processes in wood processing companies.
53. Process of volume measurement and quality assessment of roundwood and wood chips.
54. Importance of measurement and quality assessment of roundwood and wood chips in timber transactions.
55. Understanding of the standards for measuring the volume of roundwood and wood chips, and principles for their development.
56. Hand-held measuring instruments and automatic measuring equipment used in measuring.
57. Application of artificial intelligence in automated quality assessment process.
58. Fundamental principles of the planning and optimisation of supply processes.
59. Regulatory framework governing international timber transport.
60. Establishment and management of seed plantations.
61. Establishment and management of forest nurseries.
62. Regulatory framework governing the zoning of forest reproductive material.
63. Process of attestation and certification of forest reproductive material.
64. Forest entomology and phytopathology.
65. Soil properties in different forest types.
66. Road construction, drainage system, and influencing factors.
67. Types of road construction materials, and their key parameters and properties.
68. Road drainage and its relation to forest drainage systems.
69. Organisation of accounting in a company.
70. Fundamental principles of management accounting.
71. Principles of company management.
72. Fundamental principles of economics.
73. Investment analysis and its specific features in forestry.
74. Supply and demand of wood.
75. The market of forest products and forestry services.
76. Organisation and culture of customer service.
77. Analysis of business performance indicators of customers and service providers.
78. Public Procurement Law.

At the application level:
1. Regulatory framework governing forest regeneration, afforestation, and tending.
2. Selection of the most suitable tree species and their cultivation techniques.
3. Methods and techniques of forest regeneration.
4. Soil preparation technologies.
5. Agrotechnical tending and young stand tending.
6. Soil improvement materials and technologies.
7. Quality, occupational, and environmental protection requirements for forest regeneration, tending, and cultivation works.
8. Risks related to forest stand regeneration, tending, and cultivation.
9. Protection of young stands.
10. Technologies and methods for the organisation of silvicultural operations.
11. Certification of planting material.
12. Regulatory framework governing forest protection and the use of protection products.
13. Forest protection products and methods.
14. Mitigation of damage risks caused by animals, pests, and diseases.
15. Technologies and methods for assessing forest health condition.
16. Quality, occupational, and environmental protection requirements in forest protection works.
17. Regulations on tree felling.
18. Regulatory framework governing forest fire safety.
19. Anticipation of forest fire risk and assessment of forest flammability.
20. Planning of preventing fire safety measures and verification of compliance.
21. Planning and management of fire suppression measures.
22. Technical equipment and methods for forest fire suppression.
23. Information systems for forest fire management.
24. Technologies and methods for identifying forest fires and determining the extent of forest fire damage and losses.
25. Regulatory framework governing forest inventory.
26. Regulatory framework governing tree felling.
27. Regulatory framework governing forest and environmental protection.
28. Methods for determining the value of forests and forest stands.
29. Methods and technologies of forest stand inventory.
30. Geographic information systems and technologies.
31. Information systems for forest and land management, specially protected nature areas, restricted territories, and spatial development planning.
32. Data analysis methods.
33. Resource assessment and management.
34. Species of wild animals and birds.
35. Tasks and methods for monitoring game animal population.
36. Assessment of the status of game animal populations.
37. Determination of permitted hunting quotas.
38. Assessment of damage caused by wild animals.
39. Types of hunting and hunting seasons.
40. Classification of biotechnical measures.
41. Laws and regulations governing hunting.
42. Regulatory framework governing the keeping of wild animals in captivity.
43. Regulatory framework governing the supplementary feeding of wild game animals.
44. Data analysis methods.
45. Practical process and organisation of hunting.
46. Calculations of the economic value of forests.
47. Preparation of a forest management plan.
48. Forest management systems.
49. Methods for determining forest value and carbon sequestration.
50. Methods for assessing biodiversity and principles of landscape ecological planning.
51. Anticipation of the growth dynamics of forest stands.
52. Models for forest regeneration and tending.
53. Decision-making on forest management activities considering spatial and temporal scales.
54. Determination of the most appropriate type of felling for forestry objects.
55. Risk management.
56. Preparation and analysis of information.
57. Preparation of a supply chain plan.
58. Planning of individual production process activities within the wood product supply chain.
59. Management of the implementation of the supply chain plan (monthly, quarterly, and annual) and corrective measures.
60. Inventory accounting and management.
61. Selection of machinery and equipment required for forestry works depending on the work and conditions.
62. Determination of models for organising the operation of forestry machines and vehicles for the transportation of wood products.
63. Calculation of productivity and costs of forestry machinery.
64. Planning of logging at felling sites.
65. Information systems for planning and management of felling sites.
66. Planning of logging at felling sites depending on the type of felling, logging technology, and product to be produced.
67. Regulatory framework governing environmental protection, nature protection, occupational safety, and forest protection requirements for logging operations in the felling area.
68. Soil and water protection requirements.
69. Prevention of tree damage in logging operations.
70. Assessment of the conditions of logging at felling sites.
71. Guidelines for the arrangement of timber landing sites.
72. Conditions for the arrangement of timber stacks.
73. Planning of extraction routes and skid trails.
74. Preparation of a process chart.
75. Planning of products to be produced at the felling site and optimisation of stem bucking.
76. Monitoring of the operation and measuring accuracy of measurement systems of forestry machines.
77. Preparation of the stem bucking instruction file for forestry machines.
78. Timber measurement standard.
79. Timber measurement methods and technologies.
80. Quality requirements for wood products.
81. Occupational safety requirements in forestry.
82. Classification of roundwood and wood chips.
83. Methods and techniques for measuring roundwood and wood chips.
84. Quality requirements for roundwood and wood chips.
85. Measurement of volume using individual and group methods.
86. Regulatory framework governing wood transport.
87. Organisation of timber transport operations.
88. Information systems and technologies.
89. Planning and organisation of wood product deliveries.
90. Inventory accounting and stocktaking.
91. Plant physiology.
92. Tree species used for the production of forest reproductive material.
93. Types and characteristics of forest seedlings.
94. Technologies for growing forest seedlings.
95. Techniques and technologies for storing forest seedlings.
96. Treatment of forest seedlings.
97. Preparation of forest seedlings for sale.
98. Common pests and diseases of forest seedlings, and their control methods and measures.
99. Regulations on forest reproductive material.
100. Requirements for the technical condition of forest roads and ditch systems.
101. Requirements for the establishment of forest fire safety infrastructure and monitoring of its compliance with the regulatory framework.
102. Preparation of a design task.
103. Preparation of a defect report.
104. Monitoring of quality requirements for the construction and maintenance of forest infrastructure.
105. Regulatory framework for the construction of road and drainage systems.
106. Financial analysis methods.
107. Calculations of investment projects and their assessment methods.
108. Planning and organisation of wood product sales processes.
109. Planning and organisation of the procurement of forestry services.
General knowledge
At the conceptual level:
1. Geospatial data infrastructure and services.
2. National development plan.
3. Forest policy and strategy of Latvia and the European Union,

At the comprehension level:
1. Organisation of the occupational safety system.
2. Work environment risk factors and assessment methods.
3. Impact of individual actions and decisions on own and other individuals’ security.
4. Social and political structure of society.
5. Social diversity and the principle of equality.
6. Intercultural communication.
7. Principles for the use of information and communication technologies (data carriers, information systems, and equipment).
8. Security of information and communication technologies and data.
9. Protection of commercial information and personal data.
10. Principles of electronic document circulation.
11. Types and representations of geospatial data.
12. Geodesy and global satellite navigation systems.
13. Guidelines for the development of the forestry sector and related sectors.
14. Opportunities for competence development.
15. Learning strategies.
16. Stages of research.
17. Fundamental principles of statistics.
18. Fundamental principles of data processing.
19. Language culture.
20. Verbal and non-verbal communication.
21. Fundamental principles of personnel assessment.
22. Relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge for successful management of human resources of the project.
23. Legal aspects and regulatory framework of labour law.
24. Laws and regulations governing commercial activity and their use.
25. Principles of corporate financial management.

At the application level:
1. Provision of first aid.
2. Principles of ergonomics.
3. Rules for operating technological devices and equipment.
4. Protective measures for reducing the adverse effects workplace air temperature on health.
5. Regulatory occupational safety requirements.
6. Regulatory civil defence and environmental protection requirements.
7. Time planning.
8. Methods and techniques for effective communication.
9. Business communication.
10. Acquisition of geospatial data using remote sensing methods.
11. Application of information technologies in forest management processes.
12. Selection of information, development of documents, and data processing in accordance with the work task.
13. Work with office equipment and information and communication systems.
14. Requirements of field-specific regulatory enactments and standards.
15. Laws and regulations governing employment relationships.
16. Self-assessment mechanisms.
17. Planning of personal development, career, and work progress.
18. Applied research methods.
19. Data processing software.
20. Appropriate vocabulary.
21. Functional grammar.
22. Professional terminology.
23. Team formation, building, and development cycles.
24. Management and communication tools, methods, and psychological aspects.
25. Human resource management methods and tools.
26. Analysis of the internal and external business environment.
27. Marketing and the development of products and services.
28. Development of business models.
29. Calculation of cash flows.
30. Risk management.

Professional skills and attitudes
1. To plan methods for forest stand regeneration, afforestation, and soil preparation.
2. To plan agrotechnical and young stand tending in natural, sown, or planted young stands.
3. To determine the need for soil improvement in forest stand, select improvement materials and technologies, and organise forest soil improvement works.
4. To select and apply methods and means for the protection of young stands.
5. To organise and monitor soil preparation, forest regeneration, afforestation, young stand tending, and forest cultivation works in accordance with quality, environmental, and occupational safety requirements.
6. To identify risks of forest damage.
7. To assess the impact of biotic and abiotic factors in forest stands.
8. To select forest protection methods and equipment.
9. To assess forest damage and its extent.
10. To plan and organise forest protection measures and the elimination of damage consequences.
11. To monitor forest protection works in accordance with quality, environmental, and occupational safety requirements.
12. To determine forest fire hazard indicators and factors contributing to the development of forest fires.
13. To use professional information systems for forest fire management.
14. To determine the composite forest combustibility index.
15. To determine, plan, and organise preventive forest fire safety measures.
16. To select forest fire suppression methods and equipment.
17. To use technical equipment for forest fire suppression.
18. To manage forest fire suppression operations.
19. To assess the extent of forest fire damage and calculate losses.
20. To determine forest inventory indicators and prepare a description.
21. To obtain and analyse forest inventory data, using modern technologies.
22. To assess tree stem quality and anticipate timber assortment yield accordingly.
23. To determine the value of the growing stock.
24. To assess the quality of timber assortments and measure their volume.
25. To assess the quality of hunting areas.
26. To recognise wild animal and bird species.
27. To collect and process wildlife census data.
28. To plan and monitor game management operations.
29. To assess economic, environmental, social, and cultural heritage values in forestry.
30. To assess and analyse the availability of wood resources at the property, regional, and national level for a specified period.
31. To define forest management objectives and the most appropriate forest management planning methods.
32. To plan forest management measures and their scope.
33. To assess the impact of forest management activities on the condition of forest resources, the environment, and the social sphere.
34. To determine the volume of wood products available for production.
35. To determine the technical, personnel, and financial resources required for production and supply.
36. To prepare a short-term and long-term production and supply plan and budget.
37. To adjust the forestry production plan.
38. To select appropriate machinery and equipment for forestry works.
39. To select the most appropriate organisational model for forestry machinery operations.
40. To determine the resources and technologies required for forestry works and calculate costs.
41. To organise the servicing and maintenance of forestry machinery.
42. To organise the work of forestry machinery operators in accordance with laws and regulations, and labour productivity principles.
43. To select forest stands intended for logging, using inventory descriptions and geographic information systems.
44. To plan logging operations on site.
45. To prepare documentation for logging operations.
46. To assess logging site conditions, determine the most suitable time for logging, and prepare a logging plan.
47. To organise logging operations at the felling site.
48. To perform technological and cost planning for logging operations at the felling site.
49. To analyse and verify the accuracy of the harvester measuring system on site.
50. To prepare a stem bucking instruction file for the harvester and verify the compliance of the produced output with the specified settings.
51. To measure wood products and determine their quality.
52. To organise and supervise the logging process at the felling site in accordance with quality, environmental, and environmental protection requirements.
53. To prepare a work task for the timber measurer.
54. To prepare a description of wood products for use in timber transactions.
55. To organise the timber measurement and quality assessment process.
56. To make measurements and handle measuring instruments and equipment.
57. To assess wood faults and defects.
58. To management inventory turnover.
59. To prepare a wood product delivery plan.
60. To organise and monitor the wood accounting process.
61. To organise and monitor wood product deliveries.
62. To choose selected material for seed and seedling production.
63. To develop, organise, and monitor the technological and supply process for reproductive material production in accordance with quality requirements.
64. To organise and monitor work in a forest nursery.
65. To assess the technical condition of existing forest roads and drainage system ditches.
66. To assess the compliance of forest fire-safety infrastructure with fire-fighting requirements.
67. To plan and organise the construction and maintenance of forest roads, drainage system ditches, and fire-safety infrastructure facilities.
68. To prepare design tasks for forest road construction.
69. To prepare design tasks for the restoration of drainage systems.
70. To use technical documentation for the construction and maintenance of forest roads and drainage systems.
71. To assess and monitor the quality of the construction and maintenance of forest infrastructure facilities.
72. To calculate and assess indicators characterising the company’s financial position.
73. To calculate and assess the investments required for the company’s operations and carry out cost-benefit analysis of development projects.
74. To develop a business plan and the company’s budget.
75. To monitor the implementation of the business plan and the budget.
76. To assess the market for forest products and services, including supply, demand, and customer needs.
77. To develop offers for forest products.
78. To organise the sale and procurement of forest products and forestry services and provide customer service.
General skills and attitudes
1. To perform work independently and assume responsibility for the result of own work.
2. To provide first aid.
3. To comply with and ensure compliance with regulations regarding employment relationships and regulatory occupational safety, fire safety, nature and environmental protection, and forest management requirements.
4. To organise the workplace in accordance with occupational safety requirements.
5. To identify potential risks when performing work tasks.
6. To comply with civil defence requirements.
7. To act in accordance with instructions in the event of discovering military ordnance.
8. To explain and engage in a reasoned discussion of professional and public issues in the field of forest management.
9. To analyse, structure, and present information related to forest management.
10. To work as part of a team, following the fundamental principles of professional and general ethics.
11. To use information technology tools and services.(information from the State Forest Register, unmanned aerial vehicles, remote sensing systems, etc.).
12. To store electronic documentation and data securely.
13. To use geographic information systems and global navigation satellite systems.
14. To perform word processing and work with electronic tables, databases, and the storage and management of information.
15. To comply with sector-specific regulatory requirements.
16. To comply with the field-specific standards.
17. To keep up with changes in laws and regulations and ensure the compliance with and implementation of regulatory requirements.
18. To evaluate own professional experience and career development opportunities.
19. To participate in qualification improvement activities.
20. To keep track of sector developments.
21. To use research methods in the field.
22. To compile, systematise, analyse, and visualise data.
23. To process information, selecting the most appropriate solution.
24. To prepare a report on the research findings.
25. To prepare reports and publications.
26. To prepare presentation materials.
27. To communicate verbally and in writing in the official language.
28. To use professional terminology in the official language.
29. To ensure the provision of information in a correct, comprehensible, and linguistically appropriate manner.
30. To communicate verbally and in writing in one or several foreign languages.
31. To use professional terminology in one or more foreign languages.
32. To improve foreign language skills independently.
33. To evaluate the responsibility and roles of human resource management.
34. To define, delegate, and monitor project tasks and their implementation.
35. To unite individuals for teamwork and achievement of project goals.
36. To assess existing needs of companies and/or consumers, and identify new ones.
37. To develop products or services that satisfy the needs of companies or customers.
38. To develop a business model for introducing products or services to the market.
39. To assess risks related to business operations and develop risk mitigation measures.

Professional competences
1. Ability to manage the forest planting/seeding or natural regeneration process.
2. Ability to manage the process of tending of regenerated forest areas and young stands.
3. Ability to plan and organise forest soil improvement.
4. Ability to organise and supervise the performance of silvicultural operations in accordance with quality, technological, occupational safety, and environmental protection requirements.
5. Ability to manage measures for the protection of young stands.
6. Ability to identify forest damage and associated risks.
7. Ability to manage forest protection measures.
8. Ability to plan and organise inspections of forest safety requirements.
9. Ability to plan resources for ensuring fire safety and fire suppression processes.
10. Ability to identify forest fire risks.
11. Ability to lead forest fire suppression operations.
12. Ability to extinguish forest fires using technical equipment.
13. Ability to assess the extent of forest fire damage and calculate losses.
14. Ability to prepare a forest stand inventory description and determine its value.
15. Ability to plan, organise, and supervise forest inventory works.
16. Ability to plan and organise the management of hunting resources.
17. Ability to organise hunting in accordance with safety regulations.
18. Ability to assess the damage caused by wild animals.
19. Ability to assess the ecological, economic, and social functions of forests.
20. Ability to prepare a forest management plan.
21. Ability to plan and organise the sustainable management of forest resources.
22. Ability to take data-based decisions on forest management activities.
23. Ability to determine the availability of wood resources at the property, regional, and national level.
24. Ability to prepare forestry production plans within the supply chain.
25. Ability to analyse information related to forest management and the planning of business activity.
26. Ability to monitor the implementation of plans and implement corrective measures.
27. Ability to determine the optimal type of forestry machinery and equipment for the performance of specific works.
28. Ability to determine the optimal work organisation model for forestry machinery operations.
29. Ability to determine the technical resources required for forestry operations and calculate costs.
30. Ability to plan and organise the maintenance of forestry machinery and equipment.
31. Ability to plan the technological process of logging at the felling site and prepare a work task for logging at the felling site, including the stem bucking instruction file and process chart for logging at felling site.
32. Ability to manage the performance of logging operations in accordance with quality, technological, occupational safety, environmental protection, and regulatory requirements.
33. Ability to prepare a work task for the timber measurer.
34. Ability to prepare a description of wood products for use in timber transactions.
35. Ability to organise the timber measurement and quality assessment process.
36. Ability to assess timber volume and quality.
37. Ability to plan deliveries of wood products.
38. Ability to manage the performance of wood product delivery operations in accordance with technological, occupational safety, and environmental protection requirements.
39. Ability to perform the accounting, circulation, and management of wood product inventory.
40. Ability to manage timber delivery flows in accordance with regulatory requirements for the use of infrastructure and wood product transport.
41. Ability to choose selected material for forest regeneration and afforestation.
42. Ability to organise processes of the production of forest reproductive material.
43. Ability to assess the network of roads and ditches in the forest area and plan its maintenance and operation for the management and fire-fighting of the forest area.
44. Ability to prepare a design task.
45. Ability to read and understand a technical design.
46. Ability to prepare a defect report with a list of works required for remedying defects in forest roads and drainage systems.
47. Ability to assess the company’s financial situation and prepare an investment calculation.
48. Ability to plan and organise the procurement and sale of forest products and services.
General competences
1. Ability to organise and perform work tasks and comply with occupational safety requirements.
2. Ability to organise and perform professional duties in accordance with regulatory civil defence and environmental protection requirements.
3. Ability to act responsibly to emergency situations and provide first aid.
4. Ability to resolve problems, cooperate, and communicate, following the fundamental principles of professional and general ethics.
5. Ability to use the latest information technologies and other support solutions (geospatial technologies, drones) for the performance of professional duties.
6. Ability to responsibly apply information and communication technologies and equipment, work in a digital environment, and ensure the protection of business and personal data.
7. Ability to search for, collect, and process information and use it critically and systematically.
8. Ability to comply with the requirements of sector-specific laws and regulations, standards, and other binding regulations, and keep up with their updates.
9. Ability to analyse and evaluate own professional activity in order to independently improve professional qualifications.
10. Ability to use research methods, conduct research, and develop and present proposals in the relevant sector and professional field.
11. Ability to communicate in the official language and in one or several foreign languages, including professional terminology.
12. Ability to formulate and express verbal and written arguments convincingly and in a contextually appropriate manner.
13. Ability to collaborate and analyse the needs of team individuals, establishing positive relationship and teamwork.
14. Ability to identify individual and team benefits and limitations.
15. Ability to manage a project team, delegate tasks, and accept and assess work results.
16. Ability to develop concepts for competitive products or services and a business model.