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Professional Timber Harvester Program – In-Person Classes

 

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Course Descriptions

Forest Management: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

  • Best Management Practices
  • Managing for long-term profitability
  • Forest ecology & wildlife

Level 1: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

  • Protective equipment
  • Parts of saw, settings and proper sharpening
  • Saw inspection and safety procedures
  • Benefits of controlled felling
  • Bore cutting

Level 2: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

  • Establishing the notch and hinge
  • Use of felling wedges
  • Tree height and lean, and planning escape route
  • Chain filing and bar care
  • Cutting spring poles
  • Each participant fells a tree

Level 3: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

  • Calculating tree lean limits
  • Advanced cutting and wedging techniques
  • Bucking and limbing methods
  • Each participant fells a tree

Level 4: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

  • Advance felling
  • Planning efficient harvest layouts
  • Use of other powered forest management tools
  • Final evaluation and scoring
  • Each participant fells a tree

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