Section 19 in The Indian Forest Service (Probationers' Final Examination) Regulations, 2016
19. Wood Technology and Forest Harvesting. - (1) Wood Technology
(a)Theory. - Wood anatomy, scope, structure, physical features and strength properties of wood, evaluation of defects and abnormalities for various uses; wood seasoning, preservation concepts and practices, other improvement techniques of timber utilisation.(b)Practical. - Identification of timber with key for important timbers, wood seasoning and wood preservation.(2)Forest Harvesting : Definition, scope, terminology; basic logging hand tools and power chain saws-operation and maintenance; felling operations, dragging, transporting-various methods and equipments; loss in process; management of departmental harvesting; investment decision and planning-road design, work study and costing of operations, marketing; establishment of forest based industries; policy on raw material supply and problems; composite wood products and their manufacture; paper industries, saw milling-techniques and equipment; wood based small and cottage industries in rural development; wood of other uses; grading of wood; record keeping.
