*This training is one portion of the Multi-Skill two-day Training Event. If you plan to take chainsaw training, please make sure you are also signed up for the event as a whole.*
Lutheran Servants for Christ will provide Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT) Basic Chainsaw training on Friday, April 5th and Saturday, April 6th, 2024.
Training will be held at Jordan Lutheran Church, 1201 Chapel Ridge Rd., Apex, NC 27502. The chainsaw training serves to equip LERT members with the ability to provide this service safely and efficiently after a disaster.
Lunch and snacks will be provided both days by LSC's mobile food ministry. Bottled water will be furnished at the site.
Basic LERT training is a prerequisite for LERT chainsaw training.
During the training, you will learn the following:
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Safe operation of a chainsaw
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Personal protective equipment (PPE)
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Injury prevention
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How to buck and limb fallen trees
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How to clear debris in a safe and beneficial manner
There will be both a classroom portion and hands-on portion of this training.
To be authorized to use a chainsaw on LERT disaster responses as an LCMS LERT Chainsaw Operator, you must attend BOTH the classroom and "hands-on" sessions.
Hands-on participants should bring, if they have:
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Chaps and other Personal Protective Equipment (helmet, eye protection, ear protection). If you do not have these, they will be made available.
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Participants must wear steel-toed work boots. Tennis shoes or sandals/flip-flops are not allowed in the hands-on session.
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Outdoor work clothes and boots appropriate for the weather at the time. Shorts not allowed.
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Those that are under the age of 18 will not be allowed to operate a chainsaw.
Training Costs:
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$15 for class materials (may be submitted electronically in advance, at https://lutheranservantsforchrist.org/Donate/ )
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additional donations to Lutheran Servants for Christ via the above link greatly appreciated to help cover fuel, equipment maintenance and food costs
Should you have any questions, please contact Rev. Eric Hollar at (828) 244-7201 or at hollar76@yahoo.com .
