Week Two at R.M.Y.C
4/4/11 - 4/8/11
This week we started the Forest Worker Safety Certification Program. The first day was a little rough. A lot of sitting down, but we got through it. Everybody from the crew learned something new. We went over Dynamics of Southwest Forests, Safety Requirements, and Job Hazard Analysis (J.H.A).
On Tuesday we went over Chainsaw Maintenance and Operations, Chainsaw Tasks and Techniques, Hazardous Materials, and Logging Equipment and Transportation Safety. We played games for break to get the blood flowing from all that sitting. This was a lot of information for two days. We finished the handbook for the test on Wednesday.
Test time! I think everybody was a little anxious to start the test. We reviewed before the test, and then got going. I am proud to announce that everybody in our crew passed with a 90% and over. After that we went to the Red River Fish Hatchery to see five guys get Re-certified. Before the day was over we went around to the wild rivers. That pretty much finished our day.
Today was the best day so far. The beginning of S-212 training. We got to assemble our saws today. It was all hands on. We were with crew 3 and it was awesome to see both crews working as one. We got all our P.P.E. to run a saw and then had a race to put them on. We learned how to carry a saw properly that way we won’t over work ourselves. The best part is when we got to start our saws for the first time. Everybody did great on this part and now we’re all ready for next week!
To finish this week we got in house training with our crew. We’re going to be covering our first Spike Training Packet. Stages of Group Development and Crew Code of Ethics will be taught by our crew supervisor. Then Jamie and Rosie will be going over our I.D.P’s. That should take us to the end of our day. Finally the weekend!
-by Andrew Segura
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