Logger Training

The NC SFI SIC is a strong sup­port­er of the NCFA’s Pro­Log­ger Pro­gram through its mem­bers par­tic­i­pa­tion on edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­ment com­mit­tees as well as pro­vid­ing finan­cial sup­port for the pro­duc­tion of edu­ca­tion materials.

The NC SFI SIC also pro­vides input to the NCFA’s suc­cess­ful log­ger edu­ca­tion pro­gram, Pro­Log­ger. The pro­gram was start­ed in 1995 to pro­mote safe­ty, busi­ness, and envi­ron­men­tal awareness. 

The NCFA’s Pro­Log­ger Program’s foun­da­tion is a base course that spans two con­sec­u­tive days focus­ing on the pyra­mid for suc­cess in the log­ging pro­fes­sion – safe­ty, sound busi­ness and com­pli­ance with envi­ron­men­tal reg­u­la­tions. The pro­gram was start­ed in 1995 and in 2002 it added a con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion mod­ule. Pro­Log­gers are required to attend a mod­ule train­ing ses­sion annu­al­ly. The top­ics for the three-hour train­ing mod­ule are typ­i­cal­ly devel­oped through input from the NC SFI SIC, the NCFA’s Safe­ty, Log­ging and Trans­porta­tion Com­mit­tee, the North Car­oli­na For­est Ser­vice and Forestry Mutu­al Insur­ance Company.

In addi­tion to train­ing log­ging pro­fes­sion­als, the pro­gram also doc­u­ments train­ing cours­es and main­tains a list of Pro­Log­gers in ​“Good Stand­ing.” Com­pa­nies that are NC SFI SIC mem­bers require that at least one log­ger from each crew be Pro­Log­ger cer­ti­fied to deliv­ered to its facility.