117 Ridge Road
Hollis
NH
The New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association will hold a Basic Chainsaw Safety & Maintenance Workshop for Landowners on October 21st from 9 am to 2 pm at the Beaver Brook Association in Hollis, NH.
This is a special workshop including basic chainsaw maintenance and care, inspection of personal protective equipment, hazard and situational awareness, chainsaw safety best practices, and a felling and limbing demonstration. Note: While we will be practicing cutting techniques with chainsaws, we will not be practicing felling trees. This is a basic level course.
What to bring:
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
- Hardhat conforming to ANSI #Z89 in good working condition
• Eye protection/face screen that meets ANSI #Z87.1 or higher
• Hearing protection 9 muffs, plugs, etc.
• Non-skid steel-toe or composite-toe boots with lug soles or caulks that provide ankle coverage
• Chainsaw chaps that fit from waist to over the top of the boot
Note: We have a limited number of PPE kits available for participants to borrow. Please email Cheri Birch know if you would like to use these before the day of the workshop: cbirch@nhtoa.org. We do not provide boots.
Chainsaw: Chainsaw with working chain break, rear hand guard, throttle interlock system, chain catch peg, pin or stud, antivibration/insulation mounts. (If your saw was made by a reputable manufacturer in the last 10 years, then it likely has all these features)
Tools to perform basic maintenance: scrench, files, guides.
Do not bring fuel; fuel up before you come. Do not bring battery powered saws.
Other: Warm clothes for outdoors, lunch, snack, refillable water bottle.
Cost of this workshop is $125 for NHTOA members, $150 for non-members.
To participate in this workshop, register at NHTOA | Kindful