Felling & Processing Trees from 380mm-760mm
3 Day City & Guilds NPTC Independent Training and Assessment for experienced operators to promote and understand relevant health and safety and industry good practice. Participation requires candidates to have the pre-requisite qualification of Felling Trees upto 380mm
Chainsaw Maintenance and Crosscutting
FORESTRY & ARBORICULTURE | Chainsaw Maintenance and Crosscutting Training Course 2 Day training followed by half day City & Guilds NPTC assessment. Designed for novice operators who are required to maintain and operate chainsaws for crosscutting only. This course does not include tree felling. This course prepares the candidates to take an assessment for NPTC […]
Combined Chainsaw Maintenance & Crosscutting with Felling & Processing Trees up to 380mm
5 Day training followed by one day City & Guilds NPTC assessment. A combined course covering NPTC assessments formerly known as CS30 & CS31.
Felling & Processing Trees up to 380mm
4 Day training followed by half day City & Guilds NPTC assessment. Designed for novice operators who operate chainsaws for felling trees in amenity or arboricultural activities, which will involve felling small trees of diameter up to 380mm safely and accurately, removing branches, cross-cutting stems, stacking timber and taking down hung-up trees with hand tools. […]
Chainsaw Maintenance and Crosscutting & Felling and Processing Trees up to 380mm Refresher
This course is suitable for people who work in: Arboriculture, Forestry, Agriculture, Horticulture, Woodland, Local Authorities, Conservation, Construction, or other Land-based industries. Refresher training course for chainsaw operatives in need of the recommended certification update required by Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guidelines – recommended every 3-5 years.
Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue
5 Day training followed by City & Guilds NPTC assessment. Suitable for candidates who are required to access and work in trees using rope and harness, rescue an injured climber from the crown of a tree or from a standing pole and are currently inexperienced in climbing trees.
Aerial Cutting of Trees with a Chainsaw Using Free Fall Techniques
2 Day training followed by City & Guilds NPTC assessment. Provides candidates with the basic skills in the safe use of a chainsaw from a rope and harness in the tree. Combining skills learnt from prior attainment in 201,202,203 and 206 & 306.
