Chainsaw Safety and Certification
Kerry Woods, US Forest Service
Sunday & Monday, February 10-11, 8 AM – 6 PM
Two day outdoor workshop
Location: Meet at the Hotel Albuquerque, Room TBA for first day,
then carpool to the Outdoor Worksite.
The Session 
Chainsaws are an important tool when building and maintaining trails located in densely forested areas. Corridor clearing is step one in building a trail and this often involves chainsaw use in challenging terrain.
After the trail has been built, there is often maintenance work clearing blow down from wind, ice, snow, or large rain events. Clearing the trail area of hazard trees (snags) is often also the responsibility of trail maintainers.
Chainsaw work clearing downfall and storm damage is regularly handled by trail volunteers due to a lack of in house capacity by many land managing agencies.
This 2 day course will provide attendees an excellent overview of all aspects of chainsaw work for trails including: limbing, bucking, and felling operations. The goal of this workshop is to train and certify students in safe chainsaw use. It is designed to help students become familiar with OSHA and Forest Service standards, chainsaw maintenance, required safety equipment, proper saw use, situation awareness, hazard analysis and cutting plan. Successful candidates will be issued a PTBA Chainsaw Operator Certification.
All workshop attendees should bring good work clothes and required PPE (helmet, hearing protection, leather work gloves, eye protection, long sleeve work shirt and leather work boots 7” tall). If you want to bring your own chain saw to work with, please do. Some chainsaws will (and limited PPE) will be provided.
The Presenters
Kerry Woods, US Forest Service
When and Where
Sunday & Monday February 10-11, 8 am -6 pm.
Our group will meet 15 minutes before departure in the Room TBA of the Hotel Albuquerque. Transportation will be via car pool, please let us know if you will or will not have a vehicle at the conference.
Fee
The cost for this workshop will be $175 through Jan 26, and $200 after Jan 26. Fee will include lunches on both days. Registration is on a first-come basis and is limited to 12 attendees.
For More Information
Contact: Mike Passo at mpasso@trailbuilders.org, or 360-734-7270
