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Logging eTool
User Guide
Logging Home Page
Scope and Application
OSHA Logging Standard
Develop a Site Safety and Health Plan
Developing a Tree Harvesting Plan
Manual Operations
Mechanical Operations
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
USING THE ADVISOR AS A TUTORIAL
 
Select any of the lessons below, or you can complete the lessons in order as outlined.

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION
Lesson 1. Scope and Application

Lesson 2. Develop a Safety and Health Plan
Developing a Tree Harvesting Plan
UNIT 2 MANUAL OPERATIONS
Lesson 3. Logger
A. Required Training and Qualifications for Loggers
B. Personal Protective Equipment
C. Chain Saw
D. Other Hand Tools and Equipment 
Lesson 4. Felling Trees
A. Potential Hazards
B. Identifying the Appropriate Felling Direction
C. Retreat Path
D. Felling Hinge
E. Making the Cuts
E. Kinds of Notches
G. Dangerous Results of Incorrect Felling
Lesson 5. Limbing and Bucking
Yarding
UNIT 3 MECHANICAL OPERATIONS
Lesson 6. Mechanical Operations
A. Feller Buncher and Feller Forwarder
B. Grapple Skidder
C. Forwarder
D. Processor/Harvester
E. Processing at the Yard
F. Machine Operators
Lesson 7. Yard Operations
A. Processing at the Yard
B. Log Loading and Transporting
Lesson 8. Other General Requirements
A. Flammable and Combustible Liquids
B. General Requirements for Machines and Vehicles
C. First Aid
D. Explosives
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