Chainsaw Safety Awareness Online Course

Chainsaw Safety (Ontario)

Online Training Course

What Is Ontarian Chainsaw Safety?

Chainsaw safety is critically important as chainsaws are often the most dangerous tool on a work site. This online Chainsaw Safety course, which references Ontario legislation, will increase understanding of the dangers of chainsaws and the steps required to operate them safely.

With this online safety course, you can feel confident that your partners or employees will have the best training to stay safe on the job when using chainsaws. When participants of this course receive their certificate they can clearly display that they received some of the best chainsaw training available.

Course Overview

This Chainsaw Safety course is designed to cover the basics of safe, effective chainsaw use including aspects of Chainsaw Safety such as:

This course explores the following topics:

Required protective equipment for use in the forestry industry
Parts of the chainsaw
Saw maintenance and sharpening
Effective tree-cutting techniques, including notching and cutting, limbing and bucking, with a strong emphasis on safety
Forestry danger zones and hazardous trees
Proper stance
Operator fatigue

To help keep yourself or your employees safe when tree felling, cutting firebreaks in wildland fire suppression, or harvesting firewood or in any other Chainsaw activity, enlist in this course today!

This online course will train you to identify common hazard scenarios and will cover tips and techniques for a variety of topics such as:

✔ Safe Chainsaw Handling

✔ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

✔ Required Equipment

✔ The Saw

✔ Felling Trees

✔ Cutting Techniques

The completion time of this course is roughly 1 hour, which include practical exercises and testing. The passing score is 80%, and participants earn a 3-year certificate that can be downloaded. Virtual proctoring may be available for an additional fee.