PRECISION CHAINSAW CUTTING & FELLING TECHNIQUES Chainsaws are one of the most useful as well as dangerous tools a worker can use. This seminar is designed to educate personnel who use a chainsaw about safety, maintenance, use and handling. Participants will gain an understanding of what contributes to accidents and how to avoid them. Demonstrations, including bucking and limbing, understanding compression and tension and dealing with spring poles will be part of the day. Developing skills that reduce variables and mitigate risks associated with chainsaws and cutting techniques is the general theme of this course.
Vermeer All Roads One Day Demonstration with North American Training Solutions:
Registration is at 7:00am
Day ends at 4:00pm
Seminars are held RAIN or SHINE
Bring lawn chair, hard hat, and safety glasses
Free Lunch is Provided Earn up to 6.5 ISA Certified Arborist CEU's
Applicable Standards: This course meets the ANSI/ASSE Z490.1 Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training as well as ANSI Z133 and OSHA 1910.266. Inexperienced chainsaw operators and/or experienced operators who want an introduction or a refresher should attend.
Additional Course Details: Tree Falling Risk Management, Emergency Planning, and PPE
Integrated risk assessment, work planning and communication
Safety apparel, helmets, eye-wear, foot-wear and hearing protection
Fire prevention and emergency preparedness
Chainsaw Safety, Starting, and Operations
Safety and ergonomic features of the modern chainsaw
Three-point contact starting, ground start and leg-lock
Chainsaw operation including body and hand positioning and chain brake use
Reactive forces and kick-back
Ergonomics, muscle skeletal disorders (MSD’s), and exercises
Technical Cutting & Small Tree Felling
Systematic work planning
Height, hazards, obstacles
Escape routes and the 5-15-90 rule
Face notches, back cuts, bore cuts and hinge wood
Felling sights and operator positioning
Limbing and Bucking
Bucking wedges, cant hooks
Compression, tension and avoiding bar pinch
Limbing and bucking techniques
Spring poles, shave, tab and accordion cuts
Chainsaw Maintenance
Fuels and Lubricants
Daily, weekly, monthly maintenance practices
Cutter tooth sharpening, depth gauge filing, files and guides
Air cleaner maintenance and chain tensioning
Guide bar edging, dressing, cleaning and leveling
Drive sprocket and needle bearing maintenance
Battery operated chainsaw highlight similarities and differences
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