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Michigan Training Events
Logger Job Skills Training Reduces Value Loss By Fifty Percent (50%) - 7/27/2007 Attendees at the recent HVIP Bucking Workshop, held at the Ford Forestry Center in Alberta MI, were given a bucking test both before and after completion of the workshop. The test consisted of choosing bucking cuts to manufacture an actual hardwood tree into hardwood logs. Value loss was calculated by comparing the logs produced to the set of logs which could have been produced to generate the absolute maximum value from that tree. When tested after completion of the workshop the average value loss was reduced by fifty percent (50%). These results are consistent with measurements of previous HVIP Bucking Workshop trainees. HVIP Bucking Workshops equip log buckers to improve their value recovery on quality hardwood trees by 20% or more. These are documented improvements in the value of saw and veneer logs produced from quality hardwood trees. The training includes both indoor and outdoor components and makes use of the HW Buck computer simulator to give participants the opportunity to improve their skills on both simulated and actual, on-site, tree stems. Hardwood defects, grading and scaling, and expert bucking techniques are covered. Participant receive both HVIP and SFE Continuing Education Credit. Michigan Certified Local Trainers Joe Flaherty Jackie Kimball Rocky Kimball Bryce Metcalfe Susan Metcalfe Hilton Muntz Chris Nieman Dan Noble |
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