Course overview
This course is intended for anyone who intends to use a chainsaw for business, domestic or leisure activities, but does not intend to work in forestry or arboricultural activities or work on Forest Enterprise land.
Correct protective clothing must be worn. A chainsaw complying with the pre course handout and an operator’s maintenance kit is needed by the trainee.
Course Content:
Legislation
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Safety and health features of a chainsaw
Maintaining the saw chain
Maintaining the guidebar
Engine maintenance,
Starting the chainsaw,
Cross-cutting timber
Stack timber
Course length
2 days
1 day refresher is available
Upon successful completion candidates will gain Lantra certification, or after a further independent NPTC assessment can gain NPTC certification CS30.
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