Chainsaw Safety – Level 1
October 14 @ 8:00 am – 3:30 pm EDT
Dress for weather and bring your water bottle.
Other Details:
- Chainsaws and safety equipment will be provided.
- If you have your own, you are encouraged to bring to class.
Chainsaw Safety Course (Level 1)
Classroom: Safety Statistics, Chainsaw Use at work vs. home
- Identify the parts of a chainsaw – including its safety features
- Chainsaw PPE, fitment, and why
- How to prepare a chainsaw to run (power source, oil, chain tension)
- Identifying reactive forces of the chainsaw
- Starting, operating, and maintaining working order
- What tools & equipment to have while you operate a saw
Lunch Break – On your own.
In the Field: Bucking & Cutting
- Tools & cut types to aid and/or relieve binds while bucking wood
- Learning reactive woods: tension & compression
- Class will be divided into groups to work on chainsaw skills: bucking; limbing; small tree felling; accuracy; notches and more.
$257.50
Registration Fee
