Groundie is the perfect book for the beginning tree worker. Part training manual, employee handbook, and even travel guide, this book will walk the reader--step-by-step--through a typical day of production tree work. From the shop to the job site, all the skills necessary to becoming a successful ground worker are covered in detail. Along with a helmet and chaps, this book should be put in the hands of all newly hired ground workers by their employers or crew leaders.
Inside, you will learn detailed information on:
- Operating and maintaining chain saws
- Driving techniques to get you safely to the job site
- Identifying job site hazards and obstacles
- Installing climbing and rigging lines in the tree
- Tying the ten “must know knots” for tree work
- Helping the climber by “running the ropes” and managing the work area
- Felling, limbing, and bucking up trees
- Operating a wood chipper
- Cleaning up a job site
- And much more
(2021, 176 pages, softcover)