Forestry methods and machinery publications by type

 

Output Guides

Details of output in terms of Standard Time, and refer to specific conditions, methods and equipment. They are traditionally used for planning and rate setting purposes.

A broad range of Output Guides are available covering most major forestry operations.

Lists of Output Guides are available - see ordering and prices.

Work Study Reports

Reports produced for internal Forestry Commission use but as a service to the forest industry are available to the public while stocks exist.

They are normally highly technical and specific to conditions studied and equipment tested.

List of reports.

Forestry Commission publications

Publications produced by the Forestry Commission normally available to the forest industry. Exceptions include publications commissioned from outside the Forestry Commission which the funding agency considers should be restricted.

These publications are normally highly technical and specific to conditions studied and equipment tested.

• Reports
  Fully written-up project results containing background detail and summarised study data in addition to description of work and results. Until 1994 reports were the usual format for project result reporting.
• Technical notes (1992-1998)
  Technical notes (1999-date)
  Summarised results from extensive trials or publications related to smaller projects. This format is increasingly replacing Reports.
• Information Notes
  Short documents relating to minor investigations or are summaries of longer documents. Information Notes are also a means of notifying the industry of developments that may lead to further work.

Forest Research publications

Technical Development publications produced by Forest Research.

• Outdoor workshop information notes
  Originally produced for delegates attending the various workshops held by Technical Development.
• Work in progress and miscellaneous
  Information on current research presently in the Technical Development programme and other one-off publications and journal articles.
• Woodfuel Information Pack
  Series of fact sheets covering information as diverse as the science of burning wood through to plumbing in wood burning systems.