As an instructor for the BC Forest safety Council, and Enform Canada, Richard Butler has felled timber on the coast of Vancouver island for the last 34 years averaging 210 days a year. He has worked as a Supervisor in the Seismic sector of Alberta and BC during the winter for the past 11 years. A Qualified Supervisor Trainer (Q.S.T.), Richard began his falling career in 1979 in a small logging camp north of Campbell River. He was trained by a very strict faller, who vigorously followed WorkSafe BC regulations. These same standards are employed today in the logging industry. As a contractor, Richard has 35 years’ experience falling, with no serious injuries to date. Certified by Worksafe BC in 2003, he has been a Q.S.T. since then, enabling him to train and certify 600+ fallers over the past five years. In 2004 he returned to school to become a certified new faller and chainsaw trainer. Since then he has supervised and audited crews in the seismic oil and gas industry, mining and forestry sector.
Richard’s Mission
Richard was invited to be a.Q.S.T by WorkSafe BC in 2004, to help certify the fallers of BC. I was interested helping to make the forest industry safer. There was no High Vision safety clothing that was safe for working in the forest industry, so he started making safe clothing. There are a wide variety of skills that fallers require in the forest industry. Richard’s mission is to do his part in making the fallers as skillful as possible in every area of the industry through dedicated mentoring and top-notch training.
Our Services
At Required Industry Training we’re happy to offer any Q.S.T. service that you might need. Feel free to contact us with any forestry request you might have. Here’s some of the forestry training courses we offer:
- New faller training
- Re-certification
- Skill Assessment
- Faller Evaluation
- Chainsaw courses
- Hiring Services
- Supervision Audits
REQUIRED INDUSTRY TRAINING
Principal Consultant: Richard Butler
Ph. 1 604-240-5752
Web. www.rit.consulting