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Rhode Island T2 Center • www.t2center.org
URI Transportation Center • Carlotti Admin. Building • 75 Lower College Road • Kingston, RI 02881 • (401) 874-7075
Chain Saw Safety ClassT2
Rhode Island
Technology Transfer
The primary purpose of Chain Saw Safety training is to provide awareness, enhance skills and identify potential risks. An additional goal is to assist employees with developing new skill-sets, helping to reduce injury and/or damage.
Topics include:1. Personal Protective Equipment – proper fit, use and care2. Chainsaw Safety Features – pre-cut checklist and chain break test 3. Starting technique and use of chain break during operation4. Maintenance – air filter, carburetor adjustment, chain filing, bar guide maintenance etc.5. Reactive forces – knowing the forces of a spinning chain, body position and stance6. Boring technique – hands on7. Notches, back-cuts and hinge wood – key to precise directional felling8. Hazard Assessment and management9. Cutting and/or felling plan – Assessing weighted leans, obstacles
and choosing an escape path – hands on10. Spring pole – removing stored energy safely – hands on11. Removing Limbs and bucking – proven techniques for a hazardous operation
Instructor: Jay WheelerSince the early 90’s Jay has trained just about every possible user, including professional loggers, high school forestry students, OSHA Inspectors and woodlot owners.
Use the form below to request a class and we will come to you. The class is limited to 10 people and a site with 6 – 8 trees to cut is required.
Participants should bring a lunch, chain saw, file, chaps, hardhat with face shield and hearing protection, gloves and sturdy boots.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chain Saw Safety Class Request Form
Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Municipality: ________________________________________________________________
Department: _____________________________ Job Title: __________________________
Phone: _____________________ Email: _________________________________________
To request a class: E-mail Jeff Cathcart at jcjci@cox.net or call (401) 368-4850.
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