Forestry - Curriculum for common programme subject in Vg2 (SBR2-02)

Forestry is a diverse industry that manages substantial national values and resources in forests and wilderness. The programme subjects shall help lay the foundation for long-term management of forest and wilderness, and for vocational practice with focus on the practitioner’s responsibility as administrator and as supplier of goods and services to national and international markets.

The aim of the programme subjects is to contribute to a vocational competence where the practitioner shall look after the interest of the general public and sustainable development. The programme subjects shall develop competence in what forest and wilderness can offer by way of production and as an arena enjoyed by the general public. In addition to providing a professional understanding of work and vocational practice, the programme subjects shall help develop creativity, interdisciplinary thinking and personal development. Teaching shall pave the way for innovation and entrepreneurship, where knowledge of the diversity of activities and opportunities in forest and wilderness are central.

Teaching shall include varied vocational assignments related to the production of timber and other nature-based products and forest management in a long-term perspective. In addition, it shall focus on the forest as a cultural landscape and virgin nature, as a natural habitat for flora and fauna, and on photosynthesis as an environmental factor. Teaching shall therefore have a general and long-term perspective, with strong links between theory and practice and in close contact with local enterprise and local organizations. It shall provide an environment in which the pupil can acquire vocational experience under challenging natural and climatic conditions, with use of advanced technology and narrow margins and where the practitioner must often make assessments and deal with challenges first hand. The programme subjects shall also contribute to lifelong learning through its educational aspect, where emphasis is on knowledge, skills and attitudes related to the interplay between ecology, economy, technology and life’s values. The programme subjects provide the basis for further vocational education and training in forestry work or general studies in agriculture, fishing and forestry.