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To enable course members to:
Select, inspect and use a range of tree climbing equipment.
Identify selected tree species and understand it's characteristcs.
Implement and maintain safe work positioning techniques.
Use of a chainsaw and other pruning tools whilst maintaining an appropriate working position within the crown.
Carry out and understand correct thinning operations.
Carry out and understand correct reduction operations.
Display good communication practises with ground staff.
This course prepares candidates to carry out an assessment in NPTC unit CS40, Carry out pruning operations.  More...

To enable course members to:
Understand basic principles of working safely in proximity to overhead and underground utilities
Understand their responsibilities whilst on site.
Identify electrical equipment.
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To enable course members to:

State and identify the necessary protective clothing required and locate the various standard marks.
Identify safety features on a chain saw.
Identify faults and defects on a chain saw prior to use.
Maintain the guide bar and sharpen chains to manufacturer’s specifications.
Carry out correctly all routine maintenance in the trainee guide and/or manufacturer’s instruction book.
Start the chain saw from both cold and hot in a safe manner and carry out pre-use safety checks.
Fell trees of various sizes between 8" and 15" that may be leaning at various angles and directions.
Carry out snedding or de-limbing operations to safely remove all branches from the tree.
Cross cut the tree into pre-determined lengths and stack safely for future handling.
Deal with trees that have become lodged in adjacent trees during the felling operation.

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To enable course members to:

State the regulations and safety requirements relating to chainsaw use

Assess trees to be felled for hazards and risks

Use appropriate techniques and aids to take down trees

De-limb trees using appropriate safe techniques

Cross-cut safely to correct lengths

Handle and stack timber

Fell large trees between 1 and 2 times the guide bar length, ie 380mm to 760mm using correct cuts, stance, and felling aids

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To enable course members to

State and identify the necessary protective clothing require, and locate the various standards marks

State and identify safety features in a chain saw.

Identify faults and defects on a chain saw prior to use and decide which the operator can remedy and which require a service engineer’s attention.

Maintain guide bar and sharpen chains to manufacturer’s specifications.

Carry our correctly all routine maintenance in the trainee guide and/or manufacturer’s instruction book.

Start the chain saw from both cold and hot in a safe manner.

Check the performance of the saw by cross cutting and taking any necessary remedial action.

NB: The correct protective clothing must be worn by those undertaking the last two objectives.
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To enable course members to:
Assess Tree for Tree Climbing operations.
Select, inspect and use a range of tree climbing equipment.
Safely climb tree, move around the crown and descend to the ground.
Carry out aerial rescues from different situations.
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To enable course members to:

State the regulations and safety requirements related to the use of chainsaws

Assess lying windblown and broken timber and make decisions on appropriate action

Cut windblown trees using appropriate techniques

Operate a winch to control movement of root plates

NB: This course covers individual windblown trees and does not include techniques for dealing with multiple windblow in dense coniferous plantations which present very significant hazards and require specialist skills and knowledge.
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To enable course members to:
Fell Small Trees above 760 dia @ felling height using Single and Multiple felling cuts.
Remove branches correctly and safely.
Crosscut felled timber
Takedown of hung-up trees using a Winch
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To enable course members to:

Fell Small Trees 200-380mm dia @ felling height using Single and Multiple felling cuts, Remove branches correctly and safely & Crosscut felled timber, Takedown of hung-up trees using hand tools

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To enable course members to:
Fell Small Trees upto 200mm dia @ felling height.
Remove branches correctly and safely.
Crosscut felled timber
Takedown of hung-up trees using hand tools
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To enable course members to:
Assess Tree for Tree Climbing operations.
Select, inspect and use a range of tree climbing equipment.
Safely operate chainsaw maintaining a safe work position using rope and harness.
Select appropriate cutting technique.
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To enable course members to:
Assess Tree for Tree Climbing operations.
Select, inspect and use a range of ropes rigging and lowering equipment to dismantle trees safely
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