Chainsaw Safety Training

Now booking for March 2026!!

If your team uses chainsaws—even occasionally—this course helps ensure they do so safely, responsibly, and within clearly defined limits.

Classes are minimum 6 participants, and limited to 15 participants to ensure meaningful instruction and supervision. Training is available at your location, minimizing downtime and tailoring content to your work environment. Travel charges may apply.

Chainsaws remain one of the highest-risk tools used in general work environments. This half-day Chainsaw Safety & Basic Operations course is designed for employers who want more than a checkbox—and for workers who need clear, practical guidance for light-duty chainsaw use such as brush clearing, storm response, property maintenance, and cleanup work.

Our training focuses on identifying hazards before work begins, using the chainsaw safely and deliberately, and understanding where basic use ends and higher-risk work begins. Participants receive instruction in chainsaw safety features, pre-use inspections, startup procedures, PPE requirements, safe handling and body positioning, and controlled cutting techniques that reduce kickback and reactive forces.

What sets this course apart is our ability to adapt to the clients diversity in use for the equipment. We deliver defensible, safety-driven instruction aligned with training that supports due diligence, lowers incident potential, and holds up under scrutiny.

Please note course content is not arbouriculture based, that our approaches vary greatly to the skills and experience of a qualified and trained arborist. It is intended to be an information based tool to assist operators and employers use chainsaws in the safest way possible, and to understand their obligations and duties in the Province of Ontario.

While we know you'll greatly benefit from taking the course, employers in Ontario are legally required to provide workplace specific training and offer safe work procedures for chainsaw applications as per the Ontario OHSA.

Certification is valid for three years from date of issue.

Upon successful completion of the chainsaw course, the learner will:

Be able to describe the duties of the employer related to chainsaw use
Identify Safety features on a chainsaw
Identify personal protective equipment required during use
Be familiar with safe fueling and starting procedures
Understand various handling and cutting techniques
Describe how to manage significant critical injuries sustained when using a chainsaw
Describe the origins of hazards while using chainsaws
Describe safe practices and basic applications for chainsaw use

Clients selecting hands on/ practical component of training must have a minimum class size, provide their own chainsaws that are fuctional and can be safely operated, properly fitted PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) based on the participants body type.

Venue requires able to offer ample space and material used for the exercises. There is an hourly upcharge following the theory course and is subject to scheduling availability. For liability reasons, we are regretfully unable to offer this course to students from the school board, or who are attending Co-op.

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