Powered Pole Pruner

Our Powered Pole Pruners course will provide you with the appropriate techniques and safety guidelines to ensure that you are not only confident when using a powered pole pruner but also aware of relevant health and safety guidelines making sure you stay protected.

Who is it for?

Our Powered Pole Pruner course is available for you if you work in arboriculture, forestry, horticulture, landscaping or grounds maintenance, and currently use or will be required to use a powered pole pruners.

This course is physical, so you must be fit and able to carry out the tasks required of the course programme.

This is a one day course, however if you are inexperienced the course may take longer in order for you to fully utilise the training available.

This course can be assessed on the day (ITA)

Course content

Personal protective equipment

Safety and health features of a pruning saw

Maintenance and sharpening of a pruning saw

Fuelling and starting a pruning saw and performing pre-cutting checks

Adjusting the engine

On site risk assessments

Pruning and cutting techniques

Removing a trapped saw

Clearing the site and pruning saw checks