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Professional Instruction Program for Companies & Municipalities

Chain saws and related power equipment are efficient time saving tools if used properly. STIHL is a leader in product and usage training in the United States. STIHL can help you get the most from your equipment and help your crews reduce the risk of injury from accidents. STIHL Distributors offer a network of experienced applications instructors who can provide your group or organization with up-to-the-minute information on the proper operation of chain saws and related power equipment such as brushcutters.

Some of the topics covered are:

• protective clothing
• chain saw safety features
• starting procedures
• the dangers of kickback and spring poles
• tree felling
• limbing
• bucking
• chain saw/power tool maintenance

Applications and maintenance training seminars can also be tailored to fit your requirements and group size. For more information, please contact the applications instructor closest to your region. If your area is not listed below and you need more information, please go to our Contact Us page.

STIHL Applications Instructors:

• Derek Monell – Blue Mountain Equipment, Inc. – Austin, San Antonio, Houston, College Station
• Matt Rose – Blue Mountain Equipment, Inc. – Oklahoma, Texas
• Ken Morrison – Bryan Equipment Sales, Inc. – Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Western Tennessee
• Stan Woodfin – Crader Distributing Company – Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Southern Illinois
• Todd Page – Intermountain STIHL – Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming
• Adam Smith – Mid-Atlantic STIHL – South Carolina, Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee
• Matthew Ellsworth – Mid-Atlantic STIHL – Delaware, Maryland, Northern Virginia, Eastern West Virginia, Washington D.C.
• Mike Preddy – Mid-Atlantic STIHL –- North Carolina, South Carolina, South-East Virginia
• Steve Hagen – Midwest STIHL, Inc. – Michigan-Upper Peninsula, Minnesota, Wisconsin
• Larry Mathiot – Mississippi Valley STIHL, INC.- Iowa, Northern Illinois
• Ben Crago – Northeast STIHL – Central/Western Pennsylvania and Western/Upstate New York
• Carlos Mejias – Northeast STIHL – Eastern Pennsylvania, Southeastern New York, New Jersey and Long Island
  
• Open – Northeast STIHL – Connecticut, Rhode Island and Western Massachusetts.
• Mike Pateneaude – Northeast STIHL – Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Eastern Massachusetts
• Dan Hull – Pacific STIHL – California, Nevada, Arizona
• Hugo Gonzalez – Pacific STIHL – Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County and San Diego County
• Mitchell Domingos – Pacific STIHL – Greater San Francisco Bay area, Sacramento and the North Central Valley of California
• Jose Sosa – STIHL Northwest – Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska
• Jay Ostwald – STIHL Southeast, Inc. – Florida's West Coast
• Kelvis Perez – STIHL Southeast, Inc. – Southeast Florida
• Joel Mitchell – STIHL Southeast, Inc. – North Alabama, North Georgia
• Casey Jones – STIHL Southwest – Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, East Texas