Chainsaw Safety Training - Beginner Level

This chainsaw course is for people with little to no chainsaw experience.  We will be covering the following areas in chainsaw safety and operation.

• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Chainsaw features
• Reactive forces of the chainsaw
• Safe use of the chainsaw
• Introduction to daily maintenance - how to properly maintain your saw and address problems you may accrue with the saw
• The Bore Cut
• Hinge establishment and importance in tree felling
• Open Face Notch
• Evaluation before felling and hazards
• 45-degree exit plan
• Spring pole evaluation and how to handle them
• Limbing and bucking techniques
  
  
  
  

Each person must come to class prepared to cut wood.  This means wearing the proper PPE, which includes chainsaw chaps/pants, hard hat with full visor and/or safety glasses, gloves, protective toe boots (cut resistant if available), and hearing protection, a chainsaw in proper working order, and fuel/bar oil for the chainsaw.