using cones and tree cutting sign.

[redmoosefaction]

call your local Ag college or forestry training provider. they are doing them all the time. Some call the couses NRSWA, some call it chapter 8 and some call it SLAG (signing lighting and guarding).

 

Then you can get a certificate for that broom....

[armchairarborist]

what? a slag certificate? think i know somebody who's got one haha

[Bolt]

what? a slag certificate? think i know somebody who's got one haha

 

We live in an all inclusive society these days, you can get a ticket for anything

[455]

what about signage and cones on footpaths, to warn public,

i.e yesterday i was removing a laurel from a customers front garden, do i need qualification and training for this?

[Bolt]

If your work may affect the public anywhere (park, open space, carpark, right of way) you have a duty of care not to endanger them (never underestimate the public's ability to do unspeakably daft things), so signs and cones are a minimum.

If its part of the public highway (road or pavement) you have not only do you have the same duty of care, but signs and cone placement must be overseen by someone with NRSWA training.

[Bolt]

if you are in a private front garden and the owner has been briefed by you, nothing more than a groundsman should be nessessary!

[455]

great thanks for that,

would like to get ticket really,

wasn't to comfortable yesterday as trees, albeit very small, leaned across public pathway, would have liked to cordon off an emergency drop/risk zone.

There can be no harm in doing this without ticket to begin with, in rare instances such as yesterday, i am thinking ,so a safe bet has got to be to get a sign, cones and tape.

[Alinicoll]

yeah you will require street works training mate , highways departments have taken on guys specificly for stopping illegal stree works activity and the setting out of traffic managment equipment , and yes there are some serious fines to be given out . without sounding to rude i would like to point out that what was known as chapter8 has sort of been done away with not and is now covered by street works and there are several scheems out there that you can do , but personally before looking into doing any training i would get hold of a coppy of the street works manual and have a good read . there is far mor to it than meets the eye

 

So is this lot current?

 

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss/tsmanual/tsmchap8part1.pdf

 

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss/tsmanual/tsmchap8part2.pdf

[Rupe]

great thanks for that,

would like to get ticket really,

wasn't to comfortable yesterday as trees, albeit very small, leaned across public pathway, would have liked to cordon off an emergency drop/risk zone.

There can be no harm in doing this without ticket to begin with, in rare instances such as yesterday, i am thinking ,so a safe bet has got to be to get a sign, cones and tape.

 

All you need is a system that works. If it fails to work, then whoever has the contract for the work is liable. So for footpaths you can use what you like, tree cuttign signs, barrier tape, cones, safety barriers, etc etc. but they have to work. If a pedestrian climbs over all your barriers and gets hit then the contractor is liable if they make a claim, especially if the barriers closed the footpath but you didn't have proper prior warnign of closeure etc. Best thing to do is laugh at them for beign so stupid and that should do it!!

 

No, best thing to do is prevent it in the first place, and a groundie is the best method. He can make you stop work while you let people through.

[Rupe]

would have liked to cordon off an emergency drop/risk zone

 

Just wondering.........if that is what you would have liked to do then why didn't you do it? HAd you seen the job previously or just been sent to do it?