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US000043
43 Maintain a chainsaw

Guide bar types

Guide bar types

Bar maintenance

Drive sprockets

Running in a new chain

Saw chain parts

Pitch and gauge

Chain tension

Sharpening

Sharpening the chain

Air filter

Starter mechanism

Spark arrestor

Preventative maintenance

US001222
1222 Establish and measure sample plots for forest operations

Use a prism

US001224
1224 Use prescription maps for forestry operations

How to use a compass

Place value numbers

Metric length

Metric distances

Slope calculation

Latitude and longitude

Map and compass

US001243
1243 Prune plantation trees from the ground

Pruning from the ground

US001252
1252 Demonstrate knowledge of log making

Re trim logs

Log marking and quality control

Log maker stem measurement

US001256
1256 Demonstrate knowledge of ground based log extraction

Production quality matters

Meeting production targets

Meeting Environmental requirements

Cutover quality matters

Felling and extraction

Grapple skidder in action

Bunching for skidder extraction

Forwarder in action

A bulldozer winching logs

Terrain and extraction

Extracting with a skidder

Skidder rollover accident

US001258
1258 Coordinate breaking-out for a cable harvesting operation

Safe retreat position

Tailgate meeting

US001262
1262 Position, secure and raise an integral tower on a cable yarder

Broken swing yarder

Notching a stump

Mobile tailhold

How do stumps fail?

Constructing deadman anchors

Attaching ropes to stumps

Testing anchor rope tension

US001268
1268 Prepare wire ropes, rigging, and equipment for cable harvesting operations

Gloves weren’t worn

Neglected ropes

Greasing equipment

US001269
1269 Plan, prepare for, and carry out line shifts in a cable harvesting operation

Shifting a mobile tailhold

Incorrect carrying

US006916
6916 Demonstrate knowledge of the rules relating to chainsaw use

PPE matters

Safety features

Start a chainsaw

Chainsaw starting

US006917
6917 Demonstrate basic chainsaw operation

PPE matters

Safety features

Saw chain parts

Take a chainsaw apart

Sharpening

Sharpening the chain

Chain tension

Start a chainsaw

Chainsaw starting

Kickback

US006917
6917 Demonstrate basic chainsaw operation

A head breaker-out’s day

A cable yarder operator’s day

A cable yarder operator’s day

US006921
6921 Extract stems using a cable yarder

Safe retreat position

Taking in anchor rope tension

Testing anchor rope tension

Greasing equipment

US006924
6924 Trim and cut tree stems on a landing and assess quality of own processing work

Using signals

Hazards

Tension and compression

Re trim logs

Cutting stems

Quality control

US006926
6926 - Demonstrate knowledge of the log loading process

A self loader

US006928
6928 - Operate a Bell machine in a forest or a log yard

Bell machine

US006930
6930 - Operate a forked loader in a forest or a log yard

Forked loader overload

US006931
6931 - Fleet, sort and stack logs

Fleeting and sorting

US006932
6932 - Load a logging truck and/or trailer

Trailer Lifting

US006935
6935 Operate an excavator based tracked machine in a forestry operation

Ground conditions

Exiting your machine

US006936
6936 Operate a tracked machine in a forestry situation

3 points of contact

US006939
6939                                                                                  

Being a breaker-out

Gloves were not worn

Breaking out hazards

Meeting production targets

Cutover quality matters

Selecting the drag

Safe stropping

A bulldozer winching logs

US006944
6944 Make logs using a mechanised processing machine                                                                                  

Mechanised processor

US006945
6945 Demonstrate knowledge of, and fell trees using a mechanised harvesting machine in a forest harvesting operation

Mechanised felling

US006946
6946 Operate a forwarder in a forest harvesting operation

Forwarder

US006950
6950 Demonstrate knowledge of thinning plantation trees and equipment used

Hang-ups while thinning

Poor thinning

US006955
6955 Carry out pre-harvesting inventory sampling

DBH tapes

US006964
6964 Apply environmental management to harvesting trees                                                                                  

A faller's environmental responsibilities

Tailgate meeting

US006972
6972 Prune plantation trees with a chainsaw from off the ground

Communication – calling in

Why PPE matters

Kickback

US006973
6973 Prune plantation trees with a chainsaw from the ground

Fire

Refuel a chainsaw

Kickback

US017763
17763 Demonstrate knowledge of tree felling                                                                                  

Being ready to fell

Calling in

Attitude matters

The conventional scarf

The conventional back cut

Get your scarf right

When back-cuts go wrong

Split level back-cuts

Machine assistance

Tree driving

Doing a site assessment

A faller's environmental responsibilities

How wind affects felling

Assessing the tree

Planning felling: Step three

Retreat and observe

US017766
17766 Fell trees safely using a chainsaw                                                                                  

Got what it takes?

Being ready to fell

The conventional scarf

The conventional back cut

When back cuts go wrong

Wedges hurt!

Split level back-cuts

Doing a site assessment

Assessing the tree

Anti-clockwise trimming matters

Planning felling: Step three

Retreat and observe

US017768
17768 Establish and measure permanent sample plots for forest management and research

How does GPS work?

Using a clinometer

Measuring DBH

Using a laser rangefinder

US017769
17769 Demonstrate knowledge of general health, safety, and environmental requirements in forestry                                                                                  

Entering a forestry site

PPE gear

Tailgate meetings

Using signals

US017770
17770 - Demonstrate knowledge of log grades and log scaling methods                                                                                  

Log measurement

Log specifications and features

US017771
17771 Carry out line shifts in a cable harvesting operation using mobile tail-holds

Exiting your machine

US022132
22132 Carry out the functions of the poleman on a cable harvesting landing                                                                                  

Gloves weren't worn

Poleman removing cable

A poleman's day

US022994
22994 Demonstrate knowledge of factors that affect the performance of forestry workers

How to perform the ‘pinch test'

The effects of being dehydrated

How hunger can affect you

Eating good lunches

Fatigue

Stress busting

The importance of bromance

Hangover team mate

Can you hear me?

US024567
24567 Plan and carry out breaking out and assist in lineshifts for a cable harvesting operation

Safe retreat position

Stropping

Helping with a lineshift

Planning and spotting

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