ATC ‘22 ARBORPALOOZA: EXPLORING THE WIDE WORLD OF TREES
Field Day Station 3: Chainsaw Maintenance 101 Sunday, October 2, 2022 | 7:30 am to 4:45 pm (2-CEUs/per station) Instructor: Emily Roberts Location: City Park Together we will discuss the basics of chainsaw maintenance, including chain sharpening. We will breakdown chainsaws and identify basic components that re - quire regular maintenance, explore the proper procedures for maintaining these components, and identify the best tools available for proper chainsaw mainte - nance and sharpening. Additionally, we will dive into the reasons why maintain -
ing your chainsaws at recommended service intervals, using the proper tools and techniques, is important and how it will increase productivity, profit, and safety. Emily’s career in the tree industry began in 2008 with US Forest Service as a sawyer and hazard tree feller in Idaho. Her love for chainsaws was immediate and powerful. She has since worked with trees and chainsaws in many different forests all over the country, and became a full-time resident of the Pacific Northwest
in 2014. She was Washington State Parks’ first and only female arborist....so far. After taking her career upward into the canopy and further fueling a passion for proper care of the world’s most incredible organisms, she started her own residen - tial tree care company focused on preservation-based production arboriculture and consulting. Throughout the past several years, Emily has spent a large percentage of her time sharing her knowledge and passion with others in the industry through training and education as a lead instructor for North American Training Solutions, as well as other organizations. Emily is a recipient of PNW-ISA’s 2021 Arborist of the Year and 2019 Tree Worker of the Year awards. She is an ISA Certified Arbor - ist, is Tree Risk Assessment Qualified, and is a PNW-ISA Chapter member.
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