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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.
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AUGUSTA The Legislature’s Taxation Committee voted Tuesday in favor of a bill from Senator Chip Curry, D-Belfast, that would provide incentives to employers to participate in apprenticeship programs. LD 241, “An Act to Support the Trades through a.
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Keri Libby sits in the operator s cockpit of the de-barker machine at Moose River Lumber in Jackman on May 10. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Lumber has become a hot commodity over the past year – more than doubling in price by some measures – but the spike in demand isn’t likely to benefit most wood suppliers in Maine.
Demand for building materials has jumped during the pandemic, caused at least in part by the hot real estate market that has led many to buy land away from the big cities and build a new home in a safer, rural community. Home renovations and expansions are also booming, as many people forced to work from home have decided that a purpose-built home office would work better than a converted bedroom.