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Beginner’s Chainsaw Workshop

February 1 @ 8:45 am - February 2 @ 4:00 pm

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February 1, 2025
February 2, 2025

8:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Ashe County, Creston Volunteer Fire Dept
157 Worth Chapel Rd, Creston, NC 28615

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This one-day course will introduce women to the fundamentals of safe chainsaw use. We’ll cover personal protective equipment (PPE), how to maintain a safe saw, starting the saw, the mechanics of safe body posture, as well as storm debris assessment. Participants will have a chance to be hands on and experience cut tree cookies as well as limbing.

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Agenda:

8:45: Check-in

9:00: Welcome, Logistics & Introductions

9:15:

  • PPE
  • Chainsaw Parts and Extra Tools
  • Chainsaw Operation, Handling, Body Position
  • Reactive Forces
  • Storm Debris Assessment
  • Binds and Bucking
  • Limbing, spring poles

11:30: Q&A

11:45: Lunch and field set-up

1:00: Field Stations

3:30: Q&A

4:00: Adjourn

We thank our partners in this Women Owning Woodlands event: Rebuild Hope, Skills Academy for Women, NC Extension, and USFS.

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Start:
February 1 @ 8:45 am
End:
February 2 @ 4:00 pm
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