Your class dates are as follows:

  Day one: October 24, 2026 at 8:00am  Conference Room: Willaby

            Location: Olympic National Forest Headquarters

                          1835 Black Lake BLVD. SW

                          Olympia, WA  98512

Day two:  October 25, 2026 at 9:00am

             Location:  TBD

Day three:  November 8,  2026 at 9:00am

             Location:  TBD

 

Note: This is a 3-day course for initial certification sawyers that want a single saw type certification (crosscut or chain saw). This is a 5-day course for sawyers that want to certify for both saw types: class day, crosscut training day, chains saw training day, crosscut evaluation day and chain saw evaluation day. The Forest Service saw program now mandates a full day of certification for each saw type, No longer can we certify both saw types on the same day.

Each evaluation day for each saw type may be taken at any day in the near future, with any certifying organization (BCHW, WTA, PCTA, etc.), at any logout trip or with any future certification class. Three of five days need not necessarily be contiguous days.

 

  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 USFS certification and is achieved by attending a BCHW course consisting of an all-day classroom and field training. Attending BCHW Saw Certification class alone does not guarantee certification.

Certification cards will only be issued to applicants who exhibit safety and skilled proficiency using the chainsaw/crosscut 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.

 

Contact Information

Below you will select the class you want to attend.  If there is not a class near you, then select "Any Class" and we will contact an Instructor/Evaluator in your area.

Please select the class you want to register for from the list below

Please select your current Certification Level Below

Certification level you are seeking?

Certification Level "A" is good for 3 years.  But recommend yearly training

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

"All certifications expire 3 years from certification date. 

IMPORTANT!

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 will need to wait until you have your card before taking a certification class.

 

"BCHW membership is not required in order to be certified."  However, if you want to support our mission click this link to go to our website.  BCHW.org

          

"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.  Skip anything having to do with felling.

Chain Saw and Crosscut Training Course Student Guidebook

Saw Certification Program donations are greatly appreciated!!

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