When you see the power with which a chainsaw can cut down a tree, it’s not hard to understand why chainsaw operators must respect their tool. A healthy respect for and knowledge of your chainsaw’s limits and hazards will help you effectively mitigate them and keep yourself and others safe.
Using live action demonstrations, animated diagrams, and interactive activities, Southbrook Safety offers a comprehensive on-line Chainsaw Safety course that provides you with the knowledge necessary to operate and control your chainsaw both safely and effectively. No matter if you’ll be cutting trees or construction materials like HDPV pipe, this course covers the necessary preparations, safety measures, cutting techniques, and post-operational procedures you need to safely complete your work.
Chainsaw Safety Online Course Topics
This online Chainsaw Safety course covers the following topics:
- Chainsaw components and safety features
- Types of chainsaws
- Physical and site preparation for chainsaw use
- Safety requirements for chainsaw use, including PPE
- Hazard assessment, identification, and control
- Pre-operational inspections and function checks
- Chainsaw start-up methods
- Cutting techniques and best practices
- Post-operational maintenance and inspection
- Chain filing
Chainsaw Safety On-line Assessment
Testing conducted in this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to pass this course. The course is able to be taken three times in efforts to achieve the pass mark.
Chainsaw Safety On-line Certificate of Completion
Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing. You can use this on-line course as a one-day credit towards the two-day basic and three-day intermediate chainsaw safety courses.
Cross-Platform Compatible
This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most internet-capable devices with standard web-browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smartphones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.
Southbrook Safety offers hands-on and on-Line safety courses for certification in Chainsaw, H2S, ATV and UTV in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and the Yukon.