Category Archives: Championship

The championship

The European Student Championship in Forestry Skills (ESCFS) is a student competition which contains two major parts: the Technical disciplines and the Forestry Course. There […]

Regulations of ESCFS and evaluation protocols

Here you can find the set of rules for the ESCFS, the protocols for the disciplines (both technical and Forestry Course) and an example of […]

Postion of the branches in limbing

The ESCFS follow the IALC so the most recent schedule will be used. For this years championship this will be the schedule as used in […]

Fitting another chain

The student starts with this discipline because it is easier to carry out with a clean chain saw without oil and saw dust. Aim is […]

Bucking by combined cuts

Based on cutting a tree the is felled down in the forest in two, the student has to cut a disk from two logs. The […]

Precision bucking

At precision bucking also two discs has to be cut from two logs, but here the logs are fixed to a board which may not […]

Tree felling

This discipline is the most important discipline where the student can reach the most points. A tree must be felled on a safe and precise […]

Limbing

Final discipline is limbing: cutting off the branches from a tree. To make the circumstances equal to all competitors, a trimmed stem with 30 branches […]

Forestry course

The forestry course doesn’t take place at the competition site but in a nearby forest. It contains tasks which has to be carried out in […]