Logging Costs & Productivity Workshop
Presented by Dr. Steven Bick, Northeast Forests LLC & VT Forest Business School
November 8, 2022: UVM Extension Office, 327 US Route 302, Berlin, VT
November 9, 2022: UVM Extension Office, 271 North Main Street, Rutland, VT
8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Cost: $30 (includes lunch)
Please pre-register at: https://www.vtleap.com/logger-training-workshops/
8 LEAP Elective Credits; 7 SAF/Forester Licensing Credits
This workshop will demonstrate how to accurately calculate annual logging costs (cost/year & cost /ton) and apply them to specific jobs and harvesting opportunities. The workshop will also cover how to calculate productivity as the ratio of output to effort, and how to use this information to compare weeks, months, years, and individual timber harvests. Loggers and their family members who participate in the business are encouraged to attend. Free mobile apps will be used to make the calculations. Participants should bring their mobile phone and a copy of their most recent IRS Schedule C or Form 1120 to use in inputting their own cost information.
Specific Topics Covered:
- Identifying and understanding logging costs by category.
- Throughput accounting in logging.
- Accurately estimating annual production costs.
- Allocating logging costs by ton, day, week, or month and job site.
- Understanding and calculation of productivity as the ratio of effort (machine hour) to output (loads of wood).
- The free LC Benchmark Logging App; and
- The free Log-in-Vermont Mobile App.
To register visit the VT LEAP web site at: https://www.vtleap.com/logger-training-workshops/
For more information or if you cannot register online, contact: Paul Frederick, VT FPR at 802-777-5247 or[email protected]
You must cancel at least 48 hours prior to the workshop to receive a refund.
This workshop is co-sponsored by The VT Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation; NE Forests LLC; and the VT Logger Education to Advance Professionalism Program (LEAP) and made possible through a Landscape Scale Restoration Grant from the U.S. Forest Service, Eastern Region, State and Private Forestry.
Questions? Contact David Birdsall: [email protected]
Vermont Professional Loggers
We recognize that the logging profession is an essential link between Vermont woodlands and forest industry. Along with landowners and foresters, loggers are partners in managing our forests for wood, water, wildlife and recreation. Vermont's forests have a legacy of providing these resources and are capable of sustaining these public benefits if properly managed. We see education as offering a positive approach, bringing everyone together to reach this common goal. The LEAP program is an instrument to encourage life-long learning among loggers. We will strive to promote professionalism through education and instill a stewardship ethic among loggers. The outcome of this endeavor, we envision, will be a well managed and productive forest landscape, and a positive public perception of the logging profession.
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