Basic Chainsaw safety /technique course. 

One Day Introduction –  This 6-hour introductory course to basic chainsaw safety  is offered in conjunction with local chainsaw shops across New Brunswick.  It runs 9 am – 4 pm and covers basic chainsaw safety features, PPE, basic maintenance, basic filing, safety techniques to keep operators safe and provide a brief introduction to felling. 

This course cost is $50 per student.  Operators will work on their own saws, learn minimum safety clothing/devices to keep the operator safe, and basic safe operating techniques through hands-on learning.  Contact your local chainsaw shop and register for our spring or fall courses today.   Due to the short training window, no certification is offered for this course, but it is designed for first-time chainsaw owners and is targeted entirely to prevention and safety

** Please contact and register with your local chainsaw shop. There needs to be a minimum of 10 people to do a course.

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Basic PLUS Chainsaw safety & technique training course

Two day Safety course – this course covers not only the safety basics and applicable regulations for employees and employers, it is a two full-days of practical, hands-on learning of maintenance, filing, knotching, limbing and directional felling techniques to keep the operator safe while learning how to assess a tree for directional felling. 

Day one is spent in the classroom and covers all chainsaw maintenance, filing a chainsaw (most requested component).

Day two is entirely out-of-doors making knotches, backcuts, limbing, boring cuts and directional felling trees.  This course is $450.   Saws and safety gear can be rented if the student does not have all required PPE.

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Advanced Chainsaw training course

This course is everything that is in the Basic PLUS course but with the added following:

• Advanced Felling
• Inc- Problem tress, heavy leaners, trees 3x length of bar…

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Meet the instructor

Rod is also a climber. He climbs for his personal urban tree business where he operates and maintains a fleet of Echo, Stihl and Husqvarna chainsaws from 25 – 100 cc’s. Rod also competes at Stihl® Timbersports® competitions locally and nationally. And he coaches the Stihl ® Canadian Rookie Champion to the World Championships. Here they have won 2 gold and 1 bronze medal the past 6 years. 

His practical experience, approachability and enthusiasm make him a highly sought after instructor on chainsaw safety, particularly because he continues to operate a chainsaw daily at his business and in competition.  

Rod continues with his passion of seeing safe chainsaw operators run chainsaws efficiently and safely with his Company – East Coast Lumberjack. He has partnered with Mark Coldwell, Executive Director of the Association of Safety and Health Consultants and trainers Inc. (ASHCAT).  Together, they deliver a state-of-the-art safety courses in a one and two day format. This better serve the needs and demands of chainsaw enthusiasts. From occasional users to full time arborists and loggers.

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East Coast Lumberjack mobile

We can travel to your location and provide training to operators in your area.  To make this happen, we do require a few additional materials.  They are:

1. A classroom large enough for 8 individual tables (6 for students, 2 for props/instructor)
2. A woodlot where students can fell 6-12 trees (trees on average 8 inches DBH)
3. 40 – 4 foot long, average 8” MTD for knotching training
4. 3 – 20’ spruce or fir poles 4” top – delimbed

Additional costs for a mobile course will be:

1. Overnight accommodation 
2. Meals
3. Travel 

In most situations, an additional $300 is all that is required to provide a mobile course.  This can either be paid for by the “host” organization, or by increasing the course fee to $450.00 for 6 students.

For more information, contact Rod at eastcoastlumberjack@gmail.com or call/text at 262-1965.