Course Overview
Vegetation Treatment Skills provides training for assessing work quality, maintaining environmental standards, minimizing fire risk and conducting safe equipment operations for various vegetation management treatments. Students will also learn to maintain and safely use chainsaws, brushsaws, backpack sprayers and injection devices for vegetation management.
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Maintain a chainsaw and a brushsaw in safe, efficient operating condition.
- Operate a chainsaw or a brushsaw safely and productively while performing vegetation management treatments.
- Maintain a backpack sprayer and an injection device in safe, efficient operating condition.
- Operate a backpack sprayer and an injection device safely and productively while performing vegetation management treatments.
- Perform work to achieve requirements for work quality, fire protection and environmental quality.
Effective as of Fall 2009
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