About this Event
2025 Chain Saw Safety - One Day Workshop
In this comprehensive chainsaw safety course by Expert Tree Academy, arborists will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain / operate a chainsaw safely and apply methods of precision tree felling in a controlled learning environment. An integral part of this course focuses on forces including leverage, tension, compression and the implementation of mechanical advantagte in felling operations. This arborist training course is ISA approved for CEs for ISA certified arborists.
Topics covered will include:
ANSI & OSHA Safety Requirements
Daiily safety inspections
Five step felling plan, heights and hazards
Types of cuts and their uses, limbing and bucking
Required PPE
Proper starting procedures
Cutting stance, transport, and handling
Compression & tension forces of trees
Avoiding injury from kickbacks, springpoles and barberchairs
Chain saw maintenance
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Washington County Extension, 2536 North McConnell Avenue, Fayetteville, United States
USD 257.94
