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I can get some pics this weekend and as i said earlier on in the thread i was going to have the farmer with me so i would not be on my own. leaners would be left well alone and the fallen trees would be lifted by the farmer to be chainsawed one at a time.

If you think I should get my 30 and 31 before even lifting a chainsaw i would value your advice.

 

I would say you MUST wear chainsaw protection,pants ect, and read up on kick back ect,and if you know some one with chainsaw experience,get them to give you a half hour of basic training on cross cutting :wave:

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I am 43 so not a 20yr old with no common sense. (not that all 20yr olds have no common sense but you get my meaning)

would love to get into tree work but the way i have been advised is the same old story, a ticket is no good without experience and experience is no good without a ticket?? (devil and the deep blue sea come to mind)

 

Personally, if I was taking on another employee I would rather they had the tickets with no experience than the other way round.

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I think that the insurance companies look for proof of competance in the event of a claim, this could be an nptc ticket or years of experience. Afterall most serious accidents will assesed by a competent arborist so as long as you were working to best practise at the time they should pay out.

 

I don't think an insurance company would be satisfied with you telling them that you've got years of experience.

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I think we've lost the thread a bit here, I have all ppe. chainsaw boots ,gloves (stihl ones with hand protection.)

chainsaw trousers not chaps, and helmet with muffs.

used my ms260 on logs picked up off building sites (chainsawed using sawhorse)

the average bloke going down B&Q to buy a chainsaw has probably never considered PPE .

I only asked about the downed trees as it was a bit out of my experience.

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Costly to take on people with no experiance i say to any one i get in can you do the job etc tickets or not and on the first day you know if there any good.

 

Experianced people always work for me i had ticketed guys before and there askingme where to cut but they expect good money cos they have tickets. :cussing:

 

This insurance issue keeps popping up you dont need NPTC period some companys ask for them and ones like trust over charge.

 

In my case if i had a claim i dont need to proove anything they accepted me and stated the conditions on my proposal as long as i take every reasonable safty measure which i do they are more than happy.

 

And a partridge in a pear tree.

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It is nice that u are interested and want to learn etc etc but where you said "I want to do the work myself" this is wrong....there should always be two people when using chainsaws...especially in woods and especially on windfallen trees....not only that but its also good to know the map co-ordinates for the wood you're working/nearest major road etc etc incase there is an accident...also if you did get hurt you would need someone to call for help

 

Take a GPS with you.:icon14:

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Costly to take on people with no experiance i say to any one i get in can you do the job etc tickets or not and on the first day you know if there any good.

 

Experianced people always work for me i had ticketed guys before and there askingme where to cut but they expect good money cos they have tickets. :cussing:

 

You cant beat experience - in any walk of life. Tickets satisfy insurers and the like but I seen loads a shite guys with tickets, useless. Getting both is like finding rocking horse manure,....discuss....

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