3.6.1
Preparation of the forestry course
This event is a team contest; all 4 contestants
from the team start together. It doesn’t take place at the
competition site but in a forest nearby .
Following equipment can be used:
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Before starting, the teams get:
·
A map of the track: all 16 tasks are marked
and the distance between the single tasks are on the map.
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2 pencils, protocol
·
Relascope tables / yield tables, calculator
(or by the single task)
·
The relascope: without any marks in the
shaft. The kind of relascope will be a stick of 1 m and a plate of
4 cm (the multiplying factor is 4).
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There will be clear signs on the track to
find the tasks and the number of the task:
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The
track is marked with red/white ribbons
.
Numbering of the
tasks:
o
Black
numbers on yellow backround
o
The order of the tasks is at random
·
One tree for task is marked with blue
ribbon (task 1, 2, 5, 8, 9)
·
Sample plots are marked with yellow
ribbon (task 3, 4, 6, 7, 10)
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The answer will be written or signed on a
single protocol at every task (also starting number and country).
This protocol is kept by the jury from this task. The contestants
can write their answer on their own protocol. At every task the
team must clearly mark or write the right answer with a pen.
§
2 judges (Int. / Nat.) watch the
contestants by the task and don’t support them. They collect the
protocols.
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It is not allowed to take mobile phones or
other utilities on the track.
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The track will be checked at the day of
Forestry course early in the morning by the Jury.
Each team gets a time limit set by the organizing
committee. The tasks should be solved within this limit – except
"adventure" and "First aid". If the team exceeds the allowed
time 20 penalty points are given for every minute.
The minimum size of sample plot (task 3, 4, 6, 10)
is 0.1 hectare. The sample plot and the trees of tasks 1, 2, 8 and
9 must be marked obviously.
If it is necessary, the standing place of the
sample plot (Task 10) will be marked!
By task 8 and 9 the contestant can not touch the
stems. There must be a marked distance from min. 2 m between the
stem and the contestants.
The second part of the course (tasks 11-17) is
dedicated to general knowledge of forest-related tasks.
Total score
is 6000 points.
These points should be similar to the technical events (1.500 pts
possible per contestant).
In the case of even results the team with the
better time is the winner . If this result
is the same too, the winner is the team with the higher points by
task 10 a: "Sample plot - total growing stock".
3.6.2
Performance of the forestry course
