New! Operating
Practices Class and Business Practices Class
Now a Correspondence Course
How the ProLogger Program Works
ACL maintains an active continuing education program for it's members and other loggers
and log truckers. By meeting basic requirements in fields of study including
Operating Practices, Business Practices and Risk Management loggers can quality
for ProLoggerSM status. Continuing
education opportunities are provided throughout the year to enable loggers and
log truckers to keep abreast of changes in their business. The 2008 ProLoggerSM schedule will be available December
2007-January 2008. Check this website then!
* An element of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative ®
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New and Updated! Operating Practices
Course
is now available by mail! The course materials include:
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Also New and Updated! Business Practices
Course*
is also available by mail! The course materials include: Course Fee: $115 for ACL Members To order, call the ACL (916) 441-7940 * Business Practices Course written and developed by Richard Conestanis, Graduate School of Management, UC Davis and Bruce Hartsough, Professor of Forest Engineering |
How The ProLoggerSM
Sustainable Forestry Initiative®
Element Works
20 Units = ProLoggerSM List
Loggers who accumulate 20 Units (Generally, 1 hr = 1 Unit) including the 17 basic course units described later plus three" elective units" will be included on a published ProLogger list. Elective units must come from ACL endorsed programs which will normally be available at the logging conferences, ACL functions or provided by CDF or others.
8 Units Annually
Once you've qualified for the ProLoggerSM List, eight elective units per year will keep you current. Generally, qualified sessions will be available at ACL meetings, logging conferences and other functions.
The ProLoggerSM Series
Basic Course Requirements
Three one-day courses covering:
Best Operating Practices (now a correspondence course)
Business Practices
Risk Management
Best Operating Practices (6 units)
A refresher session on the requirements of the Forest Practices Act and
Rules, plus newly developed material on "silviculture for loggers"
designed to help understand what landowners and foresters are up to. A new ACL
developed THP check list is used as a method to avoid trouble and hidden costs.
Business Practices (5 units)
A class that presents logging specific material on managing your outfit by a
specialist in small business management and finance. Learn how to keep track of
your business' health to be ready to seize opportunities or avoid being a
fatality. In addition new ACL developed material will be included to help you.
Risk Management (6 units)
This class provides a broader approach to managing risk including
compliance with State and Federal OSHA requirements, updating your safety plan,
First Aid/CPR for owners and supervisors, and new ACL developed material on
injury avoidance through exercise and improved nutrition. Also, learn more about
how to manage your claims for optimum insurance rates and a lower
"experience modification".
To be presented by ACL staff, Members or Associates. Credit: 6 Units
You do not have to be an ACL member to earn
ProLogger credits or appear on
the ProLogger list.
ProLogger ListSM 2008
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Acord Logging
Anderson Logging Blue Ridge Forest Mgt Pat Browning Logging Bundy & Sons Logging CLT Logging Mark Crawford Logging Del Logging Diamond R. Ranch E & G Logging Edrick Logging EMC2 Logging E. R. Curti, Inc Eslinger Logging Jim Froome Logging GE & Company D. Grandy Loggomg H & R Logging Headrick Logging Hitchcock Construction, Inc. Holt Enterprises Howell's Forest Harvesting Humboldt Bay Forest Products Impact Resources Iversen Logging J R Logging L. T. Logging Stan Leach Timber Leonardo Logging Lewis Logging MacMullin Forestry & Logging Medici Logging Jack Medici Trucking Mendocino Tree Service Metcalf Logging Munzo Logging Pacific Conifer Parnell's Timber Service Pew Forest Products Philbrick, Inc R & B Logging Roach Bros Logging Robinson Enterprises Roseberry Timber Rounds Logging Shuster's Transportation Spar Tree Forestry Taffi Forest Mgt. Co. Three Star Logging Wagenfuhr Timber Falling Webb Logging John Wheeler Logging |
Bill Acord, Mt. Shasta
Mike Anderson, Fort Bragg Larry Strawn, Redding Patrick Browning, N. San Juan Joe Bundy, McKinleyville Tristan Allen, Grenada Mark Crawford, Seiad Valley Russ Hawkins, Bieber Tim Renner, Ferndale Neal Gould, Lookout Ed Frederick, Yreka Charlie Cook, Lewiston Edward Curti, Mendocino Rick Eslinger, Brookings, OR Jim Froome, Red Bluff Gary Elmore, Hydesville Dennis Grandy, Ferndale Robert Westlund, Burney Jim Headrick, Redding Terry Hitchcock, McCloud Tim Holt, Lake Almanor Eunice Howell, Shingletown S. A. Murphy, Fields Landing Tony Welander, Burney John Iversen, Mendocino Robert D Agostini, Mt Aukum Landon Thomas, Etna Stan Leach, French Gulch Anthony Leonardo, Fortuna Ed B. Lewis, Fortuna Bob MacMullin, McKinleyville Jack Medici, Westwood Jack Medici, Westwood Duncan Rasmussen, Mendocino Adam Metcalf, Anderson Jesus Munoz, Fortuna Carl Ellis, Fresno Gerald Parnell, Bella Vista Randy Pew, Crescent Mills Jerry Philbrick, Fort Bragg Dave Richardson, Montague Gary H. Roach, Fort Bragg Lowell Robinson, Grass Valley C. Roseberry, Cresent, OR Jeff Hackney, Redding Phil Shuster, Willits Jim Miller, Nevada City John Huggins, Chester Bud Newton, Crescent City Jaime Wagenfuhr, Los Molinos Roger Webb, Ukiah Dave Holder, Red Bluff |
ProLoggerSM IS A SELECT GROUP
So far 422 outfits have participated in the ProLogger Training Program with
(57) of them qualifying as ProLogger's.
Participants will be able to acquire additional elective units throughout the
year and subsequent additions to the list will be made as warranted. A minimum
of (8) Continuing Ed units are needed annually to maintain the ProLogger status. The
ProLogger list is made available to California timber companies whether or not they are participating in the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
ProLogger required sessions will be scheduled again next winter as well as
additional sessions certified for elective credit. If you have a question as
to whether credit is available for a particular meeting, activity or session call the
ACL office at 916-441-7940.
2008-2009 ProLogger Schedule
| Date | Class | Units | Type | Location | Fee |
| Jan. 9, 2008 12:00pm-1:30pm |
California Highway Patrol Commissioner | 2 units | elective | Nugget Sparks, Nevada |
ACL
Annual Meeting |
| Jan. 9, 2008 2:00pm-3:00pm |
Global Warming and Forestry Protocols | 2 unit | elective | Nugget Sparks, Nevada |
ACL Annual Meeting |
| Jan. 10, 2008 9:00am-10:00am |
Safety Issues 2008 | 2 units | elective | Nugget Sparks, Nevada |
ACL Annual Meeting |
| Jan. 10, 2008 10:00am-11:30am |
Air Board Diesel Regulations | 2 units | elective | Nugget Sparks, Nevada |
ACL Annual Meeting |
| Jan. 10, 2008 12:00pm-2:00pm |
Pacific Legal Foundation | 2 units | elective | Nugget Sparks, Nevada |
ACL Annual Meeting |
| Feb. 7, 2008 1:00 pm-2:30pm |
Green Building Workshop | 2 units | elective | Shasta District Fairgrounds | Sierra- Cascade Logging Conference |
| Feb. 8, 2008 10:00am-11:00am |
ACL Workshop (Workers Compensation) |
2 units | elective | Shasta District Fairgrounds | Sierra- Cascade Logging Conference |
| Feb. 8, 2008 1:00pm-3:00pm |
Association Update | 2 units | elective | Shasta District Fairgrounds | Sierra- Cascade Logging Conference |
| Feb. 9, 2008 7:00am-10:00am |
Truckers Seminar | 4 units | elective | Shasta District Fairgrounds | Sierra- Cascade Logging Conference |
| Mar. 20, 2008 1:00pm-5:00pm |
First Aid | 4 units | elective | Hampton Inn Conference | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
| Mar. 20, 2008 2:00pm-3:00pm |
CHP Vehicle Inspection | 2 units | elective | Jr. Building Fairgrounds | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
| Mar. 20, 2008 3:00pm-4:00pm |
CHP Load Securement | 2 units | elective | Jr. Building Fairgrounds | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
| Mar. 20, 2008 4:00pm-5:00pm |
CHP Hours of Service | 2 units | elective | Jr. Building Fairgrounds | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
| Mar. 21, 2008 11:00am-1:00pm |
Positive Labor Practices | 2 units | elective | Jr. Building Fairgrounds | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
| Mar. 21, 2008 1:15pm-2:15pm |
CHP Bit Terminal Inspections | 2 units | elective | Jr. Building Fairgrounds | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
| Mar. 21, 2008 2:30pm-4:30pm |
Off Road Emissions | 2 units | elective | Jr. Building Fairgrounds | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
| Mar. 22, 2008 10:00am-11:00am |
CHP Rules Of The Road | 2 units | elective | Jr. Building Fairgrounds | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
| Mar. 22, 2008 11:00am-12:00pm |
Workers Comp Experience Modification | 2 units | elective | Jr. Building Fairgrounds | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
| Mar. 22, 2008 1:00pm-3:00pm |
Engine Retrofit | 2 units | elective | Jr. Building Fairgrounds | Redwood Region Logging Conference |
Look for periodic updates adding sessions in different regional
locations
as participation dictates.
California's ProLogger Education Program
Presented by Associated California Loggers