Course overview
This is the perfect fast track entry course which will make you immediately employable as a tree surgeon in the arboriculture industry.
The majority of the training is focused on passing the industry recognised NPTC qualifications stated below. Students will be required to do some self-study in their own time in order to consolidate information given during the day.
All students will be required to have their own Chainsaw Personal Protective Equipment but all tree climbing equipment, chainsaws and tools will be provided.
The course involves Health and Safety, tree identification, tree health, tree law, chainsaw maintenance, felling trees, tree climbing and aerial rescue techniques, using chainsaw aloft from rope and harness, pruning techniques, First Aid training, use of mobile woodchipper, use of mobile elevating work platform (MEWP).
Students will be expected to self-study in their own time to consolidate daily course information.
Additional Qualifications:
NPTC Level 2 Certificate of Competence in Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-cutting
NPTC Level 2 Certificate of Competence in Felling Small Trees up to 380mm
NPTC Level 2 Certificate of Competence in Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue
NPTC Level 2 Certificate of Competence in Using a Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness
NPTC Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of a Mobile Elevated Work Platform
NPTC Level 2 Award in Safe Use of Manually Fed Wood-chipper
Emergency First Aid for Work in Forestry Operations
Course costs
Mandatory Registration / Assessment Fee £1100
Tuition Fee £1900
Deposit £200
Students on low income who can prove they earn less than £25,750 (from September 2025); are unemployed; or receive state benefits could be entitled to a tuition fee waiver.
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