Safe and Productive Felling (Basic)
Date: October 8, 2025 Time: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
TBD (Granby, VT area)
Granby, VT
Price: $75 member/$125 Non-member
Chainsaw care, maintenance, and safety features. Proper starting and operation. Demonstration of cutting techniques. Instructors will discuss and demonstrate handling difficult felling situations, leaners, hazard trees, operating around power lines, and using mechanized equipment to get trees down or process wind falls. Hands-on practice felling trees in difficult situations. Practice safe preparation of area around trees to be felled, removing hazards, gauging direction of lean, where the weight of the tree lies, wind direction, and planning escape routes.
Minimum of 7 and maximum of 15 participants are required to run this class.
Note: You Must be at least 18 years old and have significant chainsaw experience in order to participate.
Participants MUST bring
• Chainsaw
• Ear and eye protection
• Steel-toed boots
• Hardhat
• Chaps
Bring your own lunch and plenty of water.
Instructors: Jeremy Goetz, US Fish and Wildlife; Asa Metcalf, Arborist, Town of Hanover
PLP Credits: 8.0 SAF Credits: 6.5 Cat. 2
ISA Credits: Cert. Arborist: 6.5; BCMA- Practice:6.5; TW Climber Specialist: 6.5; TW Aerial Lift Specialist: 6.5
**THIS COURSE REQUIRED FOR INITIAL PLP CERTIFICATION & MAY ALSO BE USED FOR PLP RECERTIFICATION CREDIT**
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