are the nptc refresher courses compulsory?

[lewis 33]

i got the chain saw maintenance and aerial rescue over 10 years ago. if i wanted to progress to using a saw from a rope and harness would i have to take refresher courses first? thanks

[htb]

Technically they are still valid, though trainers would probably recommend a refresher. Do you just have saw maintenance.

[Tommy_B]

You can just do the course and it up skills the course underneath it

[lewis 33]

1 hour ago, Tommy_B said:

You can just do the course and it up skills the course underneath it

ah nice!

[5thelement]

On 01/08/2021 at 20:44, lewis 33 said:

i got the chain saw maintenance and aerial rescue over 10 years ago. if i wanted to progress to using a saw from a rope and harness would i have to take refresher courses first? thanks

You cant be assessed using a chainsaw in the tree if you don’t hold the felling small trees ticket.
If you have the old CS30/31 maintenance/cross cutting/felling then crack on, but if you only have the maintenance/cross cutting part you need to do the felling ticket first.

[LynherTraining]

HSE state:

All chainsaw operators should do regular refresher/update training to ensure they work to industry best practice and maintain their levels of competence. The suggested intervals for refresher training are:

• occasional users – every two to three years;

• full-time users – every five years.

This is a suggestion. The best person to talk to is your insurer and what they expect from you so that if an incident did occur they will cover you.