Lars Lu

Background

About Lars Lu

My career in forestry and GIS started at NAIT and continued with the study of GIS in VIU, current now I am serving with my job in West Fraser, Quesnel division as a GIS Analyst. I am a forest technician and GIS analyst specialized in the harvest planning area with working experience in conducting and overseeing cut-block, forest roads, and crossing planning, field data interpretation, and analysis. I can also perform well in the preparation of forest management and harvest plans using photogrammetric and mapping techniques in addition to GPS, GIS, and computerized information systems. I can also professional forest inventory services including LiDAR assisted, GIS softcopy-based aerial photograph interpretation of forested land, and wetland. I obtained the forestry operation’s experience and performed well in timber cruising, regeneration surveys, and block layout, etc. I am currently working on the training provided by Esri and ABCFP to develop my professional knowledge and transferable skills for forestry harvest planning. My career goal, aside from professional upgrading, is to become a knowledgeable forestry professional that can master most of the current comprised tools to conduct forestry related works with a hands-on working experience for long career time.