Program Overview

Georgia "Master Timber Harvester" is a logger education program offered by the University of Georgia’s Center for Forest Business. The program objective is to foster improvement in the professionalism of wood producers, and it satisfies the logger education suggested in the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Program

Logging business owners, crew supervisors, industry procurement foresters and land managers, consulting foresters, and timber buyers will benefit from participation in the Master Timber Harvester Program.

The Master Timber Harvester Program consists of two (2) components:

• Master Timber Harvester WORKSHOP — a two—day comprehensive introductory workshop that is required of all program participants.
• CONTINUING LOGGER EDUCATION — is flexible and offers a variety of educational opportunities for professional development.

Upon completion of the introductory two—day workshop, the "Master Timber Harvester" designation is effective for a period of two (2) years.

A minimum of twelve(12) hours of continuing logger education is required to renew "Master Timber Harvester" status for each additional two—year period. For more information, click here for the master timber harvester renewal form.

For listing of current Georgia Master Timber Harvesters, click here.