- Harvesting Automation & Robotics
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As mechanisation and automation within the forest industry increases, the demands on forest workers are changing. In this workstream we aim to identify the impact of automation on people and the specialist skills and knowledge required to manage and operate new technology; also the training and support forest workers need and tools that can help deliver this.
- Benchmarking Harvesting Cost & Productivity
- Cognitive & Physical Interaction
- Harvesting Operator Wellbeing Workshops
- New Job Design
- Operating Techniques
- Workforce Skills & Development
- New Standards and Qualifications
- Targeted Projects – MICRO Innovation
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