Course Description
This course is currently only available on custom request, please complete our onsite course request form.
The following topics will be covered:
- Rules & Regulations from Occupational Health & Safety Act Ontario Government
- Chainsaw component parts and description
- Mandatory personal protection equipment review
- Preoperational Inspections
- How to sharpen a chainsaw (participants do not sharpen one, instructor demonstrates only)
- Proper handling & cutting procedures (participants do not start of cut anything with the chainsaw)
- How to: cold start techniques and warm start techniques (chainsaw is never turned on during any demonstration)
- Preventing kickbacks
- Safe operating procedures
- Written Exam
Course Details
| Previous Course Requirements | No |
|---|---|
| Max # of participants | 18 |
| Min # of participants | 6 |
| Course duration | 3 hours |
| Course location | Menard office, off-site |
| Certification period | 3 years, FiiT (Formation Industriel – Industrial Training) (There are no recertifications for this course.) |
