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Prepare the regeneration plan for the Gippsland coupes

You are the Forest Management Officer reporting to the Forest Operations Manager.

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The situation

What has happened

The state forest allocation review in December will examine regeneration outcomes on Timberline's native forest coupes. Coupe GP-11A Tanjil Bend is a selectively harvested mixed species regrowth coupe, suspended after wet weather, with a sediment event recorded in the register. Coupe GP-14B Blackwood Ridge starts in October after the cultural heritage assessment. Neighbours near Tanjil Bend raised concerns last year about smoke from regeneration burns and the loss of habitat trees. The Chief Executive Officer has asked for a regeneration plan for both coupes that sets out the silviculture regime, seed source and sowing, the disturbance method, the stocking survey timing and a community engagement approach, with a one-page summary for the leadership meeting on 13 October.

Your brief. Prepare a regeneration plan for GP-11A and GP-14B that applies a sustainable silviculture regime, meets the code stocking standard, protects the retained habitat and heritage values, addresses the sediment event and includes a community engagement plan for the neighbours, with a one-page executive summary.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Regeneration plan for GP-11A and GP-14B
  • Regeneration timetable
  • Community engagement plan
  • Updated planner records and register entry
  • One-page executive summary

Documents to use

Systems to use

Harvest and Haulage Planner

The register of coupe harvest plans, crews, haulage arrangements and daily coupe records for the plantation estate and the native forest allocation.

Safety and Environment Register

Records injuries, near misses, hazards, environmental events and toolbox talks across all sites, with investigation status and corrective actions.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Forest and Wood Products Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

FWPFOM5004Contribute to and implement a forest regeneration plan
FWPFOM5008Contribute to and implement a silviculture regime for native forest
FWPCOT5212Implement workplace sustainability practices in the forest and wood products industry
FWPCOT5213Contribute to and implement a community engagement plan
FWPCOT5214Communicate forestry and forest science with stakeholders and the community

Qualifications

FWP50121Diploma of Forest Operations
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

The silviculture regime must be justified in forest science terms and be consistent with the retained habitat trees and buffers. The timetable must include a stocking survey and a re-sowing trigger. The engagement plan must answer the neighbours' actual concerns with specific messages and timing. The executive summary must be one page, plain and decision ready. Check that the sediment event is treated as a live obligation.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.