Course overview
This qualification will enable you to prove your expertise in using a pole pruner. It will also provide firm evidence of your ability to meet licence-to-practise standards. Quality Assurance policies are in place to ensure that allassessments meet the independent assessment requirements for this sector. Powered pole pruners are useful pieces of equipment. They are used extensively across many sectors. Our qualification will help you build on the skills and experience you already possess. It will give you the chance to obtain a competency card to open up job opportunities in your chosen sector. For professional chainsaw operators working in forestry and arboriculture the industry recommendation is that for ’high risk‘ activities the minimum level of adequacy of training is to a certificate of competence or nationally recognised qualification where assessment is carried out independently of the training. This qualification meets this requirement’