Kentucky Master Logger
Kentucky Master Logger

KML Continuing Education Information & Schedule

KML Continuing Education Information & Schedule

Continuing Education Required For Master Loggers

New Card

CEU Requirements

Pre-registration is required to attend a program. No walk-ins allowed.

Continuing Education Required For Master Loggers

In order to maintain your Master Logger designation, the Kentucky Forest Conservation Act requires Kentucky Master Loggers to obtain six hours of Continuing Education (CE) before the expiration date listed on your Master Logger card. Master Logger designations are valid for three years from the date the card was issued. If the required six hours are not obtained prior to your expiration date, then your designation will be revoked and your name will be removed from the active Master Logger list. At that point, the only way to regain your Master Logger status is by re-attending a 3-Day Master Logger Class.  Pay close attention to your expiration date and schedule to attend a CE Class before that date in order to renew your designation for another three-year period.

CEU Class Descriptions

Want to learn more about each class? Click the link below for class descriptions.

View CEU class Descriptions...

KML Quick Links

Master Logger Office Accepting Credit Cards

The Master Logger Office now accepts Visa and Mastercard for payment for programs. Please call 859-257-6230 to pay with a credit card.

2024 Continuing Education Schedule

Pre-registration is required to attend a program.  No walk-ins are allowed.

Below is a list of pre-approved Continuing Education Courses. Additional courses may be added throughout the year. You can register for a course by printing out this registration form (click here), and sending it to the KML office along with your registration fee

Each course is 6 Credit Hours:

Principles of Forestry

($50 Fee - 6 CE Credits)

Lincoln Co.- Stanford

County Extension Office

 

August 29, 2024

9 am - 4 pm

Registered: 18

Directional Felling 

($50 Fee - 6 CE Credits)

Cumberland Co.- Burkesville

County Extension Office

September 18, 2024

9 am - 4 pm

 

 

Registered: 5

 

White Oak Production

& Harvesting

($50 Fee - 6 CE Credits)

Laurel Co.- London

County Extension Office

 

October 10, 2024

9 am - 4 pm

Registered: 8

Basic Timber Cruising

($50 Fee- 6 CE Credits)

Harrison Co.- Cynthiana

County Extension Office

November 6, 2024

9 am - 4 pm

Registered: 1

How to Obtain Continuing Education Credits

You can attend a pre-approved continuing education course. These courses vary from a one-day six-credit-hour program to programs that may offer credits from one to four hours. The goal is to achieve the six hours before your card expires. Approved classes will require each participant to fill out a Kentucky Master Logger Sign-In sheet at the beginning of the program. These sheets will be sent to the KML office where your CEC’s will be recorded. The Master Logger Office will notify each active KML member at the beginning of the year about upcoming programs. Normally 12 to 15 programs will be scheduled each year at locations throughout the state. If you do not receive notification please contact the KML office.

These include out-of-state logger programs and/or programs conducted by industry or county extension offices that did not officially go through the approval procedure. To obtain credit for attending these types of programs you can click and fill out the following: Continuing Education Credit Form (KML-1) Submit to the KML office. In order to qualify for credit the non-approved program must fall within one of these topic areas: forest management, forest health, timber harvesting, advanced BMPs, timber harvesting and water quality laws and regulations, siliviculture, ecosystem management, logging safety. In addition, the instructors must be qualified to teach the material presented.

You can obtain up to two credits of the required six in this category. In some cases a newsletter that will be sent out by mail or made available on this site will contain an article and related test that you can complete and submit to receive one credit. Simply read the article and complete the test and send it to the KML office. If you correctly answer 80% of the questions you will receive 1 credit per article. Available quizzes are in the Resources/Newsletters section.

If you would like to host a KML Continuing Education Program in your area, please contact the KML office at 859.257.6230 or 1.800.859.6006 and we will be happy to assist you with the necessary forms and submittals.

2024 Continuing Education Schedule Attended

Attended: 319

Hopkins County-Madisonville County Extension Office 

Attended: 21

Warren Co.- Bowling Green County Extension Office

Attended: 21

Whitley Co.- Williamsburg County Extension Office

Attended: 21

Magoffin Co.- Salyersville County Extension Office

Attended: 40

Boyd Co.- Ashland County Extension Expo Building

Attended: 17

Marshall Co. - Benton County Extension Office

Attended: 14

Montgomery Co. - Jeffersonville Camp McKee- Keeneland Lodge

Attended: 13

Metcalfe Co - Edmonton County Extension Office

Attended: 47

Morgan Co- West Liberty County Extension Office

Attended: 15

Bell Co- Pineville Bert T. Combs Bldg.

Attended: 21

 

Butler Co.- Morgantown County Extension Office

Registered: 12

 

Lincoln Co.- Stanford County Extension Office

Attended:

Cumberland Co.- Burkesville County Extension Office

Attended:  

Laurel Co.- London County Extension Office

Attended:

Harrison Co.- Cynthiana County Extension Office

Attended: 

Contact Information

Beth Williams
KML Program Coordinator & Environmental Scientist IV

222 T. P. Cooper Bldg Lexington, KY 40546-0073

+1 (859) 257-6230

kml@uky.edu