Chainsaw Use and Safety
The Chainsaw Course for Beginners. Learn how to be safe and efficient with a chainsaw - even if you’ve never even held a saw before.
Pre-Operation Overview
Create an Emergency Plan
Prepare a Safe Cutting Area
Personal Checkin
Saw Check
Fueling Your Chainsaw
Preparing Chainsaw Fuel
Adjusting Your Chain Tension
Preparing For and Preventing Kickback
Using the Chain Brake
Sawing Sustainably (aka How to Not Get Tired and Sore)
Starting Your Saw
Reading Trees (aka How to Not Get Your Chainsaw Stuck)
Bucking and Limbing (aka Removing Branches and Cutting Trees into Logs)
Your First Cut
Self-Assessment
Maintenance
Putting Your Bar and Chain On
Sharpen Your Saw
Final Assessment