Course overview
Course Description
This course is for people who are required to operate chainsaws to fell trees larger than the guide bar length and who have attended the basic chainsaw courses in this series, or their equivalent, and have the appropriate certification of units CS30 (unit 3920) and CS31 (unit 3921)
Course Content
• Introduction
• Maintenance re-cap
• Felling trees between 1 and 1.5 times guide bar length demonstration and takedown practice.
• De-limbing including breakdown of large hardwood crowns
• Felling trees up to 2 time guide bar length (760mm)
• Takedown including use of hand winches
• Cross-cutting up to 2 times guide bar length.
Assessment takes place on a separate day