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.