Sawyer Certification Course Application

Read This First

You are applying for sawyer certification, required of all crosscut and chain saw sawyers cutting on Forest Service managed lands. This certification is a US Forest Service certification and is achieved by attending a BCHW course consisting of an all-day class of BOTH classroom training and field trip demonstration. Attending BCHW Saw Certification class alone does not guarantee certification. Certification cards will only be issued to applicants who exhibit safety and skill proficiency using the saw in field demonstration during the course and have current First Aid/CPR cards.

Crosscut certifications requires 16 or + years of age, chain saw requires 18 or + years of age.

If applying for chain saw certification, this is not a beginning chain saw instruction course. We assume you have prior chain saw experience and know how to safely operate a chain saw.

Contact Information

Name *

First Name Last Name

Date of Birth *

Date

Phone Number *

Area Code Phone Number

Email

example@example.com

Address *

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City State / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Chapter or Organization *

Name and Phone of Emergency Contact

Certification Information

Please choose the Class you wish to attend from the drop down *

No class scheduled in your area? Please select an I/E in your area and your info will be forwarded to them! *

Your current Certification Level

Current Chain Saw Certification Level (Please choose one)

Current Crosscut Saw Certification Level (Please choose one)

Previous Certifying Agency

Previous Certification Date

Date

Certification level you are seeking?

Chainsaw Certification level you are seeking

Crosscut Certification level you are seeking

Certification Level "A" is good for 1 year.

Certification Levels "B" and "C" are both good for 3 years!

"All certifications expire on June 30 in the year that it expires. Example, if you certify before June 30th, 2020, your certification expires 6/30/2023. If your certify after June 30th 2020, it is good until June 30th 2024"

Do you have crosscut saw experience?

Yes No

Do you have chain saw experience?

Yes No

IMPORTANT! Now read the following!

Certification Note

By USFS-BCHW charter, we are allowed to certify only those who hold a valid First Aid and CPR card by class time. If not, you’ll receive a course evaluation sheet but no certification card.

My First Aid/CPR card expires on?

Date

"BCHW membership is not required in order to be certified. However, we would appreciate your support of our mission by joining BCHW. Follow this link to join BCHW: Online Membership Application

or consider making a donation by clicking here.

"Please note that candidates seeking their initial certification must obtain, read and understand the course student guide two weeks before class so we can better accommodate the session schedule."

"Students who come to their initial certification class without accomplishing their reading assignment will be asked to take the next class."

You may obtain your copy of the "Chain Saw and Crosscut Saw Training Course, Student’s Guidebook, 2006, publication number 0667–2805–MTDC" by clicking on the link below and downloading it.

You can also go to www.bchw.org and click on the Sawyer Program Under thre Student Section. Download it and/or print it and put it into a 3-ring notebook. You must read this manual before class, so do it now.

https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf06672805/pdf06672805dpi300.pdf

Comments or Questions

Saw Certification Form Development Manager

Dana Chambers

bchwsawyerprogram@gmail.com