Iowa District East - LCMS (LERT) is hosting LERT Basic Chainsaw training on Friday, May 2 and Saturday May 3, 2025. The training will be held at Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca. The training will consist of 4 hours of instructional-based (Classroom Portion) on Friday evening and 6 hours of operational-based (Hands-On Portion) on Saturday. Training Costs The cost of the training is $35.00. Cash in the appropriate amount and checks made payable to Iowa District East (memo line - LERT training) will be accepted. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
All participants will need to wear steel toed boots.
You must have previously completed the LERT basic training class to participate in this class.
During the training, you will learn the following:
- Safe operation of a chainsaw
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Injury prevention
- Physics of cutting trees
- How to buck and limb fallen trees
- How to clear debris in a safe and beneficial manner
Don Church, LERT Chainsaw Trainer, will be the training session. If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Daniel Sanchez at 319-389-0120 or email dsanchez@lcmside.org .
