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Alberta Scaling Permitting Program

Description

The purpose of the Alberta Scaling Permitting Program is primarily to provide the ground rules under which the training and permitting of timber scalers shall occur in Alberta. Timber scaling is conducted for the purpose of providing harvest information to the department of Agriculture and Forestry, and must be done by a person holding a valid scaler's permit. In addition, a valid scaler's permit is also required for any person conducting check scaling on behalf of Agriculture and Forestry. This document defines the requirements for course instructors, course content and duration, obtaining and retaining a scalers permit, and examination procedures.

Updated

October 6, 2021

Tags
forest harvest operations scaler permits scalers timber scalers timber scaling

Title and publication information

Extent

8 pages

Frequency

Irregular

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture and Forestry

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic
Agriculture

Resource Dates

Date Created

2021-10-06

Date Added

2021-10-06T21:45:14.365344

Date Modified

2021-10-06

Date Issued

2021-10-06

Audience information

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Forestry Division, Forest Stewardship and Trade Branch

Contact Email

For-info@gov.ab.ca