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FRA’S “HARVESTING SAFETY” MANUAL IN SPANISH,
ON-LINE
RELEASE: May 1, 2006
CONTACT: Neil Ward (301/838-9385)
nward@forestresources.org
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association has posted a
Spanish-language version of its most popular logging safety manual, Timber
Harvesting Safety, at its
www.loggingsafety.com web site. Access and downloads are free.
“Increasing numbers of Hispanic workers have been finding employment in
logging in recent years, and supervisors have been concerned about meeting
their safety training needs,” stated Steve Jarvis, FRA’s Director of
Forestry Programs. “Since the key to promoting safe work practices is
clear communication, this resource clearly has a role to play.”
From the home page at
www.loggingsafety.com/spanish/contents-sp.html, the content areas of
the Manual are displayed in 13 section headings, so that the viewer can
print out a single topic for a training session or special briefing.
English-speaking trainers will also find that each page of the original
English version of the Manual, at
www.loggingsafety.com/thsm.htm, comes with a “click-to” to a Spanish
translation of that page. A trainer can easily identify the Spanish text
corresponding to each safety topic. Using a Spanish-speaking crew member
as a training assistant, a trainer can create an effective bilingual
safety training opportunity.
The Spanish pages preserve all the illustrations of the original English
version.
The North Carolina Forestry Association produced the translation, under
the supervision of FRA’s Southwide Safety Committee, with a grant from the
Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation (THATS).
The Forest Resources Association Inc. is a nonprofit trade association
concerned with the safe, efficient, and sustainable harvest of forest
products and their transport from woods to mill. FRA represents wood
consumers, independent logging contractors, and wood dealers, as well as
businesses providing products and services to the forest resource-based
industries.
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