Knowledge Retention and Changes in Licensed Chainsaw Workers’ risk awareness

Abstract Work with chainsaws is hazardous and felling trees the activity highest risks for injuries fatalities. While industrial forestry increasingly mechanized, manual still main work method private, small-scale forest owners. During this work, workers’ safety heavily depends on their skill safe practice, so training presumably important preventing reducing Unfortunately, private owners have been difficult to reach kind of intervention. Moreover, target chainsaw users are not likely repeat very frequently. Hence, must both be effective many years come. This paper addresses knowledge retention self-reported changes in behaviour 682 who passed exam Swedish licence 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 previously. Acquisition resulted a strong increase 98% participants’ risk awareness practices. Less than half (45%) participants re-test equivalent theoretical examination licence. Private performed somewhat better employees did. The indicator retained handling was frequency practice previous year. After one year, test results did deteriorate additional time. Based those results, best ensure regular usage refresher when has used