HNC Forestry

... United Kingdom
... University of the Highlands & Islands

Course Overview

The HNC Forestry will give you the skills, knowledge, and experience required to succeed as a supervisor or self-employed contractor in the forestry industry.

Subjects include: forest science; establishment of woodlands; forest harvesting; forest mensuration and thinning control; timber sales and transportation; and woodland nursery production.

 

Special features

  • You will study at the Scottish School of Forestry, part of UHI Inverness

  • You can study full-time or part-time to suit your personal and professional circumstances

  • You will learn the technical, supervisory, and managerial skills necessary for employment in forestry and woodland

General Eligibility

  • 2 Scottish Highers at grade C or above OR

  • 1 Scottish Higher at grade B, plus 4 National 5s at grade B or above OR

  • 2 A level at grade D or above

  • A minimum of 1 year's pre-course experience in a woodland environment is required or attainment of the Certificate in Forestry or equivalent. This requirement may be waived for applicants with 3 or more Highers, or equivalent, at grade B or above

  • Prospective students without the standard entry requirements listed above are encouraged to apply. Relevant life or work experience will be taken into consideration on an individual basis

Part Time Work Details

20 hours work permit for international students

Language Requirement

    • Overall score of 5.5 with no element below 5.0

    • Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic3-Min 50

    • TOEFL-Min 69 or above with min 17 in each section

Programme Information
...
Course Category

Science


...
Campus Name

Inverness


...
Course Level

HNC/HND - Level 4 & 5


...
Duration

Full-Time, 1 Year, Part-time: 3 Years


...
Available Intake

September


...
IELTS Score

5.5


...
Tuition Fees Range

7110,

7980, (INT)


Subject Recommendations for You
HNC Bioscience
University of the Highlands & Islands
Campus

Inverness, Scotland, UK

Entry Score

5.5

Course Level

HNC/HND - Level 4 & 5

Total Course Fee

£ 7110

HND Business
University of the Highlands & Islands
Campus

Inverness, Scotland, UK

Entry Score

5.5

Course Level

HNC/HND - Level 4 & 5

Total Course Fee

£ 7110

HND in International Travel and Tourism Management
ICON College of Technology and Management London
Campus

London

Entry Score

5.5

Course Level

HNC/HND - Level 4 & 5

Total Course Fee

£ 7500

Discover Your Next Read
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Request history8.1.11PHP Version724msRequest Duration2MBMemory UsageGET course-details/{id?}Route
  • warninglog[15:33:01] LOG.warning: Calling static trait method App\Traits\Service::get_intake_with_next_year is...
  • Booting (49.41ms)time
  • Application (675ms)time
  • 1 x Application (93.17%)
    675ms
    1 x Booting (6.82%)
    49.41ms
    4 templates were rendered
    • course-detailscourse-details.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.homejshomejs.blade.php#?blade
    • layouts.appapp.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.menusearchjsmenusearchjs.blade.php#?blade
    uri
    GET course-details/{id?}
    middleware
    web
    controller
    App\Http\Controllers\CourseController@details
    namespace
    prefix
    where
    file
    app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:130-145
    13 statements were executed, 5 of which were duplicates, 8 unique. Show only duplicated641ms
    • Connection Establishedstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `id` = '33d8fc8b849a4d26ab56bb5b675b7e92' limit 1
      5.23msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 33d8fc8b849a4d26ab56bb5b675b7e92
      Backtrace
      • 16. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 20. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` in ('91')
      1.03msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 91
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `represent_countries` where `represent_countries`.`id` in ('1')
      4.86msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 26. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 28. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 29. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 30. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `countries` where `countries`.`id` in ('235')
      5.62msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 235
      Backtrace
      • 31. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 32. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 33. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 34. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 35. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` in ('11')
      1.59msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 11
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `categories` where `categories`.`id` in ('20') order by `category_name` asc
      1.53msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 20
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `course_level_id` = '11' order by RAND() limit 3
      614msstaging_liveCourseController.php#138
      Bindings
      • 0: 11
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:138
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '91' limit 1
      1.07msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 91
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '11' limit 1
      550μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 11
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '91' limit 1
      660μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 91
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '11' limit 1
      3.3msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 11
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '2d8365f68d5a4530a9936096eb04a8be' limit 1
      830μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 2d8365f68d5a4530a9936096eb04a8be
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '11' limit 1
      430μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 11
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    App\Models\Course
    4Course.php#?
    App\Models\Institute
    4Institute.php#?
    App\Models\CourseLevel
    4CourseLevel.php#?
    App\Models\RepresentCountry
    1RepresentCountry.php#?
    App\Models\Country
    1Country.php#?
    App\Models\Category
    1Category.php#?
        _token
        QBL0pxzxjaHkK9heishLKsPB7CqblMVC8cVd0DK8
        current_url
        https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/33d8fc8b849a4d26ab56bb5b675b7e92
        _previous
        array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/33d8fc8b849a4d26ab56bb5b675b7e92" ]
        _flash
        array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ]
        PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA
        []
        path_info
        /course-details/33d8fc8b849a4d26ab56bb5b675b7e92
        status_code
        200
        
        status_text
        OK
        format
        html
        content_type
        text/html; charset=UTF-8
        request_query
        []
        
        request_request
        []
        
        request_headers
        0 of 0
        array:16 [ "cookie" => array:1 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IlVqNzZwcnhEdng4SjErcTFlUDF1TWc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoibHdBTmxLMUdBMU9pMU5qREkyQ1hQdUdMeGd0Y1l2ZCttVEg3WXdER0cwSWttSlVNT1RGNTh0RHVnakZrNmU1dUpRdFZhT2VMZ0J6cU9HbXdLWExIOFJ1eXR6Y2EzdUFOdXV0d1Vlc3lyblpWT0g2SUVzTFRZOFN3R01kTjA1T1EiLCJtYWMiOiIxZGVlMGFlMjNhZDBiNDhjMGIwNDkzZjk0MjliZDI3NzBhODFiZjIxNjJlYmQxZmJiNjAyMDlkMTUzMWQ1YTM1IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6InRZdGE0cEJzTFhqb3JlUkd4cXMwL1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoibktZTTFZbnoyNWV6cFhGN1Z3bEVsSDBjWEhBR2pObWpKcWo4RVVFMFlyWjlnSkNzQUxlOUgwTnFXRWoxa3JlYk15RzhlTTNnTC9HQUJxKzMrN2NueTRtNUU1VWZGeTZXRjR6YURQSXVZMjk5UStZZTNZSlJhWEFoc3drbkF1UVQiLCJtYWMiOiJmYTI2MjU5MTUwYjE2MzFkZjBkODQ3MGQ3ZmU2NzQzNGY4NmVjMzBjMjUwNzJlYmI2OTE2ZjU2MzBkYTI1M2JkIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; _tt_enable_cookie=1; _ttp=01JZX1WM1FS613GMNZFWSWFTEQ_.tt.1; _fbp=fb.1.1752247980170.586147687298388810; ttcsid=1752247980084::mB8l8Jc-GAqQBZCpNyJf.1.1752247980267; ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG=1752247980083::l1SL7X0UfBk42OYWQ3mt.1.1752247980357XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IlVqNzZwcnhEdng4SjErcTFlUDF1TWc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoibHdBTmxLMUdBMU9pMU5qREkyQ1hQdUdMeGd0Y1l2ZCttVEg3WXdER0cwSWttSlVNT1RGNTh0RHVnakZrNmU1dUpRdFZhT" ] "priority" => array:1 [ 0 => "u=0, i" ] "accept-encoding" => array:1 [ 0 => "gzip, deflate, br, zstd" ] "sec-fetch-dest" => array:1 [ 0 => "document" ] "sec-fetch-user" => array:1 [ 0 => "?1" ] "sec-fetch-mode" => array:1 [ 0 => "navigate" ] "sec-fetch-site" => array:1 [ 0 => "none" ] "accept" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7" ] "user-agent" => array:1 [ 0 => "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)" ] "upgrade-insecure-requests" => array:1 [ 0 => "1" ] "sec-ch-ua-platform" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Windows"" ] "sec-ch-ua-mobile" => array:1 [ 0 => "?0" ] "sec-ch-ua" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Chromium";v="130", "HeadlessChrome";v="130", "Not?A_Brand";v="99"" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "pragma" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "host" => array:1 [ 0 => "staging.bheuni.io" ] ]
        request_cookies
        0 of 0
        array:7 [ "XSRF-TOKEN" => "QBL0pxzxjaHkK9heishLKsPB7CqblMVC8cVd0DK8" "bhe_uni_session" => "eXPsMwBXEcSEdijxUJ9sMh5D18Y5C2idKHe3luPl" "_tt_enable_cookie" => null "_ttp" => null "_fbp" => null "ttcsid" => null "ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG" => null ]
        response_headers
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "content-type" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html; charset=UTF-8" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache, private" ] "date" => array:1 [ 0 => "Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:33:01 GMT" ] "set-cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjFJTGs5VGN1bWwvd3VCWTNuQUkrK1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiOXF1WUFUVTNoZ1FmNnlPRTcvZ2pua3hPQmR0T2pNVmhueFpkemZvSGptajdpOTRIMWtKdlFDb2pZbzVJOGF5ZUcxK2RUKzRwK2tDY3RXU3lmWWFmRkFCR1h6K1puY3pqcEJ4dVkyZEt3OERadW5mUHlGNW81cDl6ek9jeGZ2RVoiLCJtYWMiOiJkMDdjNWJiY2I0MjRkZmY4MTljNTBkZGI3NWI4ODU0YzJmNTc4MGM1MDYxYjhiN2JlNDIzZTZiOTNmNDMyOTUwIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:33:01 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjFJTGs5VGN1bWwvd3VCWTNuQUkrK1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiOXF1WUFUVTNoZ1FmNnlPRTcvZ2pua3hPQmR0T2pNVmhueFpkemZvSGptajdpOTRIMWtKdlFDb2pZbzVJOGF5ZUcxK2RUK" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Im40ek5JZWNhVTQ3Z01YS3FwK0FvY2c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiYzJCOUl4S1N3eHdrY2pHUGx4bVBmZ3V2ZytXbldPdmZRa3R6WUp5aFJieGlwdFRhTHRwcHZZYVNGZ3NmVjlqeVhUc0lLelcxL2tQNFovQlIxN2lZZDdwNHdnbjM5aTJMYmtJanFCemhNNjh0am5CcDVhRXg5WFVyK2ExNVhhRUkiLCJtYWMiOiIxYTMxOGRmZjRjMjhlMjFhNzk3OWYwZGRkYzkyY2Q1OTJkZjNkNzM0N2YxZjJjOTc0NWFmYTY5NDNjODc0ZGVhIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:33:01 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Im40ek5JZWNhVTQ3Z01YS3FwK0FvY2c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiYzJCOUl4S1N3eHdrY2pHUGx4bVBmZ3V2ZytXbldPdmZRa3R6WUp5aFJieGlwdFRhTHRwcHZZYVNGZ3NmVjlqeVhU" ] "Set-Cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjFJTGs5VGN1bWwvd3VCWTNuQUkrK1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiOXF1WUFUVTNoZ1FmNnlPRTcvZ2pua3hPQmR0T2pNVmhueFpkemZvSGptajdpOTRIMWtKdlFDb2pZbzVJOGF5ZUcxK2RUKzRwK2tDY3RXU3lmWWFmRkFCR1h6K1puY3pqcEJ4dVkyZEt3OERadW5mUHlGNW81cDl6ek9jeGZ2RVoiLCJtYWMiOiJkMDdjNWJiY2I0MjRkZmY4MTljNTBkZGI3NWI4ODU0YzJmNTc4MGM1MDYxYjhiN2JlNDIzZTZiOTNmNDMyOTUwIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 12-Jul-2025 11:33:01 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjFJTGs5VGN1bWwvd3VCWTNuQUkrK1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiOXF1WUFUVTNoZ1FmNnlPRTcvZ2pua3hPQmR0T2pNVmhueFpkemZvSGptajdpOTRIMWtKdlFDb2pZbzVJOGF5ZUcxK2RUK" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Im40ek5JZWNhVTQ3Z01YS3FwK0FvY2c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiYzJCOUl4S1N3eHdrY2pHUGx4bVBmZ3V2ZytXbldPdmZRa3R6WUp5aFJieGlwdFRhTHRwcHZZYVNGZ3NmVjlqeVhUc0lLelcxL2tQNFovQlIxN2lZZDdwNHdnbjM5aTJMYmtJanFCemhNNjh0am5CcDVhRXg5WFVyK2ExNVhhRUkiLCJtYWMiOiIxYTMxOGRmZjRjMjhlMjFhNzk3OWYwZGRkYzkyY2Q1OTJkZjNkNzM0N2YxZjJjOTc0NWFmYTY5NDNjODc0ZGVhIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 12-Jul-2025 11:33:01 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Im40ek5JZWNhVTQ3Z01YS3FwK0FvY2c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiYzJCOUl4S1N3eHdrY2pHUGx4bVBmZ3V2ZytXbldPdmZRa3R6WUp5aFJieGlwdFRhTHRwcHZZYVNGZ3NmVjlqeVhU" ] ]
        session_attributes
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "_token" => "QBL0pxzxjaHkK9heishLKsPB7CqblMVC8cVd0DK8" "current_url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/33d8fc8b849a4d26ab56bb5b675b7e92" "_previous" => array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/33d8fc8b849a4d26ab56bb5b675b7e92" ] "_flash" => array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ] "PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA" => [] ]
        ClearShow all
        Date ↕MethodURLData
        #12025-07-11 15:33:01GET/course-details/33d8fc8b849a4d26ab56bb5b675b7e92141315