Duration: 2 days
Course Dates:
14 & 15 May
25 & 26 September
Please call/email for group or onsite bookings.
Course Cost: £461.50 (+ £84.70 VAT) per person
Venue: Dorking, Surrey
Pre-Requisites: Candidates must hold a Certificate of Competence for Chainsaw Maintenance & Cross-Cutting (CS30 / 0020-03/ 0039-20) and Felling Trees up to 380mm (CS31 / 0020-04 / 0039-21) prior to attending this refresher training.
This refresher module covering ground based forestry & arboricultural operations will refresh operators with the appropriate techniques and underpinning knowledge to ensure that they continue to be confident when working within forestry, arboriculture or allied industries. They will also ensure awareness of current health and safety legislation, and industry good practice keeping individuals up-to-date and skilled.
Course sessions:
- Site Specific Risk Assessment (SSRA)
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- The machine
- Maintenance
- Transport
- Preparing to work
- Fuelling
- Starting procedures and pre-cutting checks
- Safe handling
- Cutting techniques
- Felling techniques
Learners successfully completing this course will receive a City & Guilds Digital Badge of Competence which will be available on the candidates City & Guilds Account for Felling & Processing Trees up to 380mm Refresher.