Submit a Training Opportunity

This blog is used to advertise courses that have been pre-approved to receive PA SFI continuing education credits. If you would like us to consider offering PA SFI continuing education for your upcoming training event, and, if approved, have the event posted to our blog, please submit a thorough description of the training, including the following:

• Date/time
• Location
• Course agenda
• Summary of topics to be covered
• Speakers
• Registration information (contact, cost, deadline, etc.)

to the Pennsylvania SFI office for review

Mail:     Pennsylvania Sustainable Forestry Initiative
            Attn: Chuck Coup
            211 Barrington Lane
            Bellefonte, PA 16823

Fax:     (814) 355-1022

Email:

The PA SFI Professional Timber Harvester Training Program is designed to improve the safety, professionalism and environmental awareness of Pennsylvania Timber Harvesters. In order to be approved, training content for submitted courses must address one of the following:

• Awareness of sustainable forestry principles and SFI’s work across four pillars: standards, conservation, community, and education. 
• Best Management Practices, including streamside management and road construction, maintenance, and retirement. 
• Awareness of responsibilities under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, Forest with Exceptional Conservation Value (critically imperiled and imperiled species and ecological communities), and other measures to protect biodiversity and wildlife habitat.
• Awareness of rare forested natural communities as identified by provincial or state agencies, or by credible organizations such as NatureServe and the Nature Conservancy.
• Reforestation, invasive species management, forest resource conservation, aesthetics, and special sites.
  
• Logging safety.
• U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, wage and hour rules, and other state and local employment laws.
  
• Transportation issues.
• Business management. 
• Public policy and outreach.
• Awareness of emerging technologies.
• Other topics identified by Certified Organizations and/or the PA SIC that improve qualified logging professional responsibilities in meeting the SFI 2022 Standards.

Individuals interested in receiving PA SFI continuing education credit for participating in your training will need to complete a copy of the Non-SFI Course C.E. credit form and submit it to the PA SFI office.