Course overview
Update the full range of your chainsaw skills with our dedicated refresher course. Chainsaws are powerful and dangerous tools. Operating and maintaining them with total confidence and expertise is essential. Our combined maintenance, cross-cutting, felling and processing refresher course will help you do just that. This course is designed for the forestry industry and meets the requirements for the Forest Industry Safety Accord (FISA).The finer detailsOur two-day course offers a balanced mix of theory and practical sessions. There are five modules in all. The first covers safety, health and welfare and is mandatory. It must be completed before the other modules. We will, however, accept equivalent health and safety certification if it has been completed within five years of this refresher course. Examples of equivalent certification include:
IOSH (Managing Safely)NEBOSH CertificateLantra Awards Health & Safety and Practical Risk AssessmentConstruction Skills Health and Safety equivalent to 5 days trainingBSC level 3 Occupational Safety or aboveLevel 3 Award in Controlling Risks to Health & Safety in Agriculture and Production Horticulture (QCF).