Twelve graduates of Maine’s only college training program for operators of mechanized logging equipment were recognized Thursday, Sept. 16, at an outdoor, socially distanced ceremony held at the site where they spent weeks harvesting timber using sophisticated state-of-the-art machines like those they will encounter in the logging industry.
Tuition-free Mechanized Logging Operations Program trains the next generation of operators
The 12-week program teaches students about safety and trees species, and takes them into the woods to work with different machines used in the industry. Author: Hannah Yechivi (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:57 PM EDT July 18, 2021 Updated: 8:57 PM EDT July 18, 2021
GREENBUSH, Maine The Mechanized Logging Operations Program (MLOP) is a 12-week certificate program that takes place in the woods of Maine. The program is in its fifth year.
Throughout the program, students spend several weeks harvesting timber and learning how to use the latest machines that were donated by equipment manufacturers.