Tree Trimming School
Nash Community College, Rocky Mount, NC
Monday, September 30, 2024
- Friday, October 04, 2024
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COURSE DESCRIPTION & OUTLINE
The Tree Trimming School is designed to enhance the attendee’s knowledge of the following topics: OSHA regulations on line clearing, ANSI standards, tree top rescue, personal protective equipment, chain saw and pole circular saw safety, minimum approach distances, knot tying, removing limbs hanging over single and three-phase conductors and trimming around energized conductors.
- Proper Pruning Techniques
- Tree Risk Assessment
- Tree Identification
- Chain Saw Safety
- Knot Tying
- Tree Equipment Safety (Trucks/ Chippers)
- Climbing and Working in Trees
- Tree Top Rescue
- Distribution Voltage Identification
- Understanding Trees
- Safe Work Practices
Students are required to bring climbing equipment, hand tools, and required PPE (hard hat, work gloves, rubber gloves and protectors, ANSI Z87 safety glasses, work boots). Students are encouraged to bring a clean pair of shoes to wear inside the classroom.. Those with damaged or defective equipment will be dismissed.
This school is not intended to certify an individual as outlined in (a) (2) (vii) of the 1910.269 Electrical Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Standard.
TIMES
- Monday: 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.
- Tuesday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.
- Friday: 8:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.
PRICE
- Members: $849
- Associate Members: $1199
- Non-Members: $1749
PREREQUISITES: None
CANCELLATION POLICY: If a course is cancelled by ElectriCities, all registrants will be notified with a full registration fee refund. A non-refundable registration fee will be charged for cancellations after the deadline of September 16, 2024.