Groundie by Jeff Jepson

Groundie is the perfect book for the beginning tree worker. Part training manual, employee handbook, and even travel guide, this book will walk the reader--step-by-step--through a typical day of production tree work. From the shop to the job site, all the skills necessary to becoming a successful ground worker are covered in detail. Along with a helmet and chaps, this book should be put in the hands of all newly hired ground workers by their employers or crew leaders.

Inside, you will learn detailed information on:

• Operating and maintaining chain saws
• Driving techniques to get you safely to the job site
• Identifying job site hazards and obstacles
• Installing climbing and rigging lines in the tree
• Tying the ten “must know knots” for tree work
• Helping the climber by “running the ropes” and managing the work area
• Felling, limbing, and bucking up trees
• Operating a wood chipper
• Cleaning up a job site
• And much more