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Wood Chipper/Grinder Safety Video
09-A-7
Twenty-one-minute video, with Discussion Leader’s Guide, orients logging personnel and others about the hazards of working with, and working in the vicinity of, in-woods chippers and grinders. A version with Spanish-language narrative is also included on the DVD.
Price to FRA members: $50, others $100
Storm Damage and Salvage Safety Video
09-A-6
Twenty-minute video, with Discussion Leader’s Guide, can be the basis of a two-hour workshop to educate trained forest workers in recognition and avoidance of the special hazards of slavage logging.
Price to FRA members: $50, others $100
Improving Log Trucking Profitability Workshop
09-A-1
Facilitated PowerPoint presentation, directed to loggers and log trucking managers. The CD-based Workshop reviews ways to ensure a full and legal load and presents tips and techniques for saving fuel, reducing truck tare weight, and deploying trucking assets more effectively. Designed for a discussion leader with some knowledge of forest products trucking to present in an interactive setting, the 61-slide presentation provides material for a three-hour workshop. A ten-page Discussion Leader’s Guide, to cue the facilitator through the interactive session, is included, along with the PowerPoint CD.
Price to FRA members: $50, others $100
Log Loader Safety Video for Log Truck Operators
08-A-7
Fifteen-minute DVD, with instructor’s guide, provides basic information about truck-mounted log loader operation and maintenance, covering broad situations that could be potentially hazardous or cause injury either to the operator or to ground personnel. Designed for presentation in a facilitated session, the training program should run 45 minutes to an hour. Produced with the assistance of the Forest Industry Safety and Training Alliance (FISTA) and many cooperators.
Price to FRA members: $50, others $100
Load Securement for Logs Video
08-A-5
Thirteen-minute video produced by North Carolina Forestry Association, with funding from the Timber Harvesting & Transportation Safety Foundation, reviews federal requirements for straps and chains on treelength or double-bunk wood. Includes walk-around truck/trailer inspection, securement guidelines, and details on working load limits for securement devices. Intended for truck drivers, loggers, and rehaul yards. Suitable for use in a one-hour training session, or as a stand-alone self-education module. Leaders’ guide included. Available in DVD format only.
Price to FRA members: $40, others $80
Skidder Safety and Efficiency Video
08-A-4
This 19-minute video, developed with funding from the National Timber
Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation and with the collaboration
of many cooperators, can help a logger or facilitator lead a two-hour
workshop for logging workers to improve implementation of safety routines,
maintenance measures, and overall efficiency while on or near a skidder.
Price: $50 to FRA members, $100 to all others.
Northern Forestry Aesthetics Workshop
08-A-1
CD (with PowerPoint presentation) and printed Discussion Leader’s Guide
form the basis of an educational presentation to orient forestry staff and
supplier personnel about the principles of improving the visual impact of
forest operations in Northern settings. Full-day workshop for two-member
Discussion Leader team.
Price to FRA members: $50, others $100.
Timber Harvesting Deck Safety Video 06-A-6
Video-based training program designed to enable a crew supervisor or
independent facilitator to provide all employees on a logging job with a
basic understanding of the hazards associated with working at or near the
log deck or landing. Four modules cover (1) overcoming dangers in locating
a deck site, (2) safety elements when setting up the deck, (3) safety
meetings, communications, and personal protective equipment, and (4)
physical hazards, truck driver-related issues, and visitor safety.
Fifteen-page leader’s manual included.
Price to FRA members: $35, others $70. DVD format only.
Wood Fiber Supply Chain Relationships Workshop Video 06-A-5
Nine-minute promotional video, in DVD format, provides testimonial from
loggers, foresters, and mill managers on the value of FRA’s Wood Fiber
Supply Chain Relationships Workshops in laying the groundwork for
improving communications, business relationships, and efficiencies
throughout the links of the chain.
Price to FRA members: $10.00, others $20.00. DVD format only.
Wood Roads Safety Video 05-A-6
17-minute video highlights the driving hazards associated with forest
roads, especially those in the Northeastern U.S. The primary target
audience for this instructional video is forest industry professionals who
regularly travel on forest roads during the workweek. Secondarily, the
video reaches out to non-industry users of private gravel roads such as
hunters, campers, and snowmobilers. Woods Road Safety shows drivers how to
avoid accidents by being aware of common hazards and being prepared to use
the necessary defensive driving skills.
Price to FRA members: $25, others $50. Please specify VHS or DVD format
when ordering.
Coaching the Professional Logger Video 04-A-1
25-minute video, featuring former Auburn University football coach Pat
Dye, introduces basic training and coaching concepts and applies them to
building a "winning" team on a logging operation. Structured in three
segments to facilitate discussion in a group setting, the video defines
the role of the player (crew member), the role of the coach (logging
contractor), and formulating the game (harvest) plan.
Price to FRA members: $25, others $50. DVD format only.
Hazardous Chemical Spill Prevention & Control for Logging Operations
01-A-11
13-minute video, with discussion leader’s guide, raises awareness of
spill-related issues, with basic information to help wood suppliers
develop a spill containment/control plan.
Price to FRA members: $50, others $100. DVD format only.
Cutting Edge of Safety Video 01-A-4
17-minute video, with discussion leader’s guide, presents overview of
safely operating and servicing mechanical cutting machines equipped with
high-speed disc cutting heads; applies to drive-to-tree and swing-to-tree
machines.
Price to FRA members: $35, others $70. DVD format only.
Forestry Aesthetics Video, and Booklet 99-A-8
41-minute video and manual enable facilitator to conduct workshop on
improving the visual impact of harvesting and other forest operations.
Price to FRA members: $35, others $70. DVD format only.
Knuckleboom Loader Safety Video for Loggers, with Guide 98-A-5
22-minute video and manual enable logging contractor or workshop
discussion leader to conduct session sessions on pre-shift preparation,
safe operation techniques, and maintenance on knuckleboom loaders.
Price to FRA members: $35, others $70. DVD format only.
Best Management Practices for Professional Loggers Video/Guide
97-A-11
43-minute video and manual can help professional loggers train their
timber harvesting personnel on complying with BMPs to preserve water
quality during logging operations.
Price to FRA members: $35, others $70. VHS format only.
FRA Discussion Leader Guide, with video 96-A-4
29-minute video and manual, designed for workshop presentation, orients
volunteer “non-experts” to serve as discussion leaders at training and
educational sessions in the logging and forest products industry.
Price to FRA members: $35, others $70. VHS format only.
OSHA Logging Safety Video and Companion Guide 95-A-15
70-minute video and manual can help logging contractors orient employees
on OSHA regulations governing general safety, machine operation, chain saw
operation, and vehicle operation.
Price to FRA members: $35, others $70. DVD format only.
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