Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 9, 1991 TAG: 9104090275
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: FLOYD LENGTH: Short
The class is sponsored by the Southwest Virginia Community College and the Virginia Department of Forestry.
Participants are asked to meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Floyd Express Mart on Virginia 221, across from Skyline Ford. They will leave for the logging site at 8 a.m.
There is no charge for the lesson.
Eriksson, a 53-year old Swede, has lived for 14 years in South Carolina, where he is president of Soren Eriksson Training Inc.
The morning session will deal with safety equipment, chain-saw maintenance, cutting techniques and tree analysis.
The afternoon session will offer a chance to apply the morning's learning.
Eriksson will start by driving a stake into the ground and dropping a tree on it. He will challenge participants to do the same, offering safety equipment as prizes.
"Logging is the most dangerous occupation in the United States," said Harry W. Groot, director of the Office of Economic and Technology Development at Wytheville Community College.
"The manufacture of wood products in Virginia is a $2.1 billion industry and is the largest single employer in Virginia manufacturing," he said.
by CNB