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National Tree Climbing Program - Safety

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SafetyJob Hazard Analysis (PDF, 62 KB)Safety Alert - Use of Approved Tree Climbing Equipment (PDF, 16.8 KB)Suspension Trauma - Will Your Harness Kill You (PDF, 147 KB)Climbing Accidents - Contract climbers (PDF, 17.7 KB)
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Forestry technician

Sonya Lucatero wearing a hard hat, high visibility jacket, over a USDA Forest Service uniform, standing in a forest.
Sonya Lucatero and Chris Pennington, timber sales administrators on the Tahoe National Forest check in with a contractor. (USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt) The Forest Service is around 30,000 employees strong and requires a wide variety of professions to get the job done — to care for the land and serve people, that is.There are foresters, rangeland management specialists, social…
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