Arizona ProLoggerProfessional Logger Training & Education
Allen RibelinPresident
American Loggers CouncilRepresenting 50,000 logging jobs nationwide
Southwest Sustainable Forests Partnership
13 November 2008
•BS-ED 1976 NAU
•Portal Graduate Instructor for ASU
•POST Law Enforcement Credential - California
•NAU Centennial Forest Steering Committee
•SFI National Forum western regional logger
•2009 President American Loggers Council
• 2004 President Pacific Logging Congress
•Northern Arizona Loggers Association
•Secretary / Treasurer 17 years
• Curriculum– Loss Control class
completion (6 units)– ProLogger Education
class completion (6 units)– Worker’s Compensation
class completion (6 units)• Facilitated by Arizona SCF
– First Aid / CPR certification• Arranged by ProLogger
• Accreditation– Certificate upon successful
completion of entire curriculum
– Proof of third party First Aid / CPR training
• Renewal in two years– 12 units of continuing
Logger Education credits
• Loss Control– Session One
• Logging Safety Program
• Self Assessment• Safety Policy Statement• Employer Rights• Employee’s
Responsibilities
– Session Two• Safe Operation
Procedures• Hiring Procedures• Uniform Guidelines on
Employee Selection• Selection Planning &
Job Analysis• The “Interview”• Job Analysis
Arizona ProLoggerProfessional Logger Training & Education
Arizona ProLoggerProfessional Logger Training & Education
• Loss Control– Session Three
• Physician’s Packet• Job Training• Arizona Labor Laws
– Session Four• Mandated Programs
– OSHA– Emergency
Evacuation– Lock Out / Tag Out– First Aid / CPR– Hazard
Communication– Exposure Control
Plan
Arizona ProLoggerProfessional Logger Training & Education
• ProLogger Business– Section One
• Implementation Guidelines
• Silviculture for Loggers• Standard Logging
Agreement
– Section Two• Matching Your
Equipment• Estimating Costs• Financial Management
Arizona ProLoggerProfessional Logger Training & Education
• ProLogger Business– Section Three
• Introduction to Computer Hardware
– Section Four• Introduction to
Computer Software
Arizona ProLoggerProfessional Logger Training & Education
• Worker’s Compensation– Presented by SCF Arizona
• History of worker’s compensation• Worker’s Compensation Law• Experience modifiers• NCCI
MasterMasterLoggerTM
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MasterMasterLoggerTM
• Approved Templates:– California– Idaho– Louisiana– Maine– Minnesota– Michigan– Arkansas
– Oregon– Washington– Wisconsin– Vermont– Rhode Island– Connecticut– South Carolina
MasterMasterLoggerTM
• Certification Strategy– MLC is the state specific performance
standards which moves training standards to the next level of professionalism
– MLC is a recognition of training and experience in the profession
– MLC allows for economic negotiations to speak to issues beyond the lowest price
– MLC allows us to define what environmentally friendly logging is to consumers and retailers
MasterMasterLoggerTM
• Certification Strategy (cont)– MLC is a marketing tool for loggers in selling
their professional services to landowners– MLC is a step one of a larger and long-term
professional strategy and commitment– MLC is something that can work in every state– MLC is grassroots not top-down– MLC is state by state development program of
performance standards with ALC oversight– MLC is a program, which ALC and each state
association will control, not grantors
MasterMasterLoggerTM
• Certification Strategy (cont)– MLC is a national partnership with industry,
government, landowners, retailers, consumers, and young people deciding on viable careers
– MLC is a recognition of the professionalism of loggers so consumers can understand what we know and are able to do
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