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Courses Available for All
Whether you are a professional tree worker, government or municipal workers; including tree workers, landscapers, roads and transportation departments, natural resources and parks and recreation, greenscape professionals or other industrial trade workers, conservation specialists, fire fighters, forest management specialists (public or private), homesteaders, wood crafters, firewood hobbyist, or just a homeowner with land management goals, we offer chainsaw courses fit for you.
Chainsaw Training Courses Available
Introduction to Chainsaw Operations (1 DAY)
Introductory 1 day courses can be customized for your basic needs.
- ½ Day theory, ½ Day practical
- Includes Training workbook, and certificate upon successful completion valid for 3 years and recognized by Ministry of Labour
- Reviewing OHSA and relevant safety regulations
- Breakdown of personal protective equipment utilization and selection
- Anatomy of a chainsaw; including safety features and ergonomic features
- Understanding chainsaw reactive forces
- Daily and routine manufacturer maintenance schedules
- Skills development in manufacturers starting procedures
- Standard operating procedures in basic limbing, bucking and ground pruning and felling techniques of trees <6” diameter
- Understanding risk assessments for the protection of self and others and developing safe cutting plans
- Students will be evaluated with a practical Competency Assessment
- Students will be required to complete an online theory assessment within 48 hours with a minimum of 70% to receive a course completion certificate.
Chainsaw Operations and Felling - (2 DAY)
FOR NOVICE CUTTERS
Our 2 Day courses are customized to our clientele; let us know if you're more of a novice cutter; with little to no experience handling a chainsaw or if you've used chainsaws often and are looking to become more proficient.
The two day novice course provides students with all that from our 1 Day chainsaw training course plus increased practical based learning. Students will learn more about risk assessment for trees 6” diameter to 24” diameter. Students will get hands on experience cutting notches for directional felling and learn how to incorporate additional gear for safety such as wedges and basic mechanical advantage systems; through use of ropes and pulleys.
Chainsaw Operations and Felling - (2 DAY)
FOR EXPERIENCED CUTTERS
Our 2 day course for experienced cutters will be customized to the group skill level. We take a look at safety and proficiency and work to ensure students gain knowledge to fine tune their skills. Students will learn how to properly stack wedges in a standard back cut and bore cut scenario for increased safety awareness when dealing with neutral and back leaning trees. Mitigation practices will be discussed for side leaning trees.
If you are dealing with disaster clean up; storm damage mitigation and uprooted trees due to heavy winds and flooding, a variety of techniques will be discussed and introduced.
BATTERY OPERATED EQUIPMENT
Looking to Go Green? Or have you recently invested in new battery equipment?
We introduce students to the various options available in the market and promote their valuable usage for small tree pruning and removals. They greatly benefit operations in natural settings such as trails maintenance, parks, ravines, and watersheds. We will discuss the variations of ergonomics and fleet management to help you decide what may be a great fit for your desired use and how to operate safely and maintain your battery operated tools. Students will learn various brush mitigation techniques with use of chainsaws, hedgers, pole saws and pole pruners.
