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[htb]

11 minutes ago, Spruce Pirate said:

 

Think they've put these back into one ticket again, back how it used to be (CS 15?), but don't know the new numbers.

 

Not too sure on that Wallace, friend of mine just done windblow training but only on single trees apparently another course for multiple, more money for Ringlink. I will check for sure the morn as we are working together.

[5thelement]

13 minutes ago, htb said:

Not too sure on that Wallace, friend of mine just done windblow training but only on single trees apparently another course for multiple, more money for Ringlink. I will check for sure the morn as we are working together.

The NPTC Assessment covers single, interwoven, snapped out tops, uprooted and multiple stems. 
 

[Spruce Pirate]

17 minutes ago, htb said:

Not too sure on that Wallace, friend of mine just done windblow training but only on single trees apparently another course for multiple, more money for Ringlink. I will check for sure the morn as we are working together.

 

Good old RInglink!

 

I just had a look at the NPTC website and it seems you're right Dave.  Individual Windblown Trees and then Interwoven Stems & Part Blown Trees.  It's a couple of years since I've known anyone do it, but it was definitely only one ticket at that time.

[spuddog0507]

1 hour ago, Spruce Pirate said:

 

Good old RInglink!

 

I just had a look at the NPTC website and it seems you're right Dave.  Individual Windblown Trees and then Interwoven Stems & Part Blown Trees.  It's a couple of years since I've known anyone do it, but it was definitely only one ticket at that time.

It used to be 2 tickets but you could do both together or do the singular windblown ticket, 1 site we work on the local council and EA used do singular windblown or emergancy tree work tickets, so in the money grabbing world we live in today you have to do 2 seperate tickets now ??

[5thelement]

6 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

It used to be 2 tickets but you could do both together or do the singular windblown ticket, 1 site we work on the local council and EA used do singular windblown or emergancy tree work tickets, so in the money grabbing world we live in today you have to do 2 seperate tickets now ??

They did away with the single wind blown years ago, it’s one ticket now.

[spuddog0507]

14 hours ago, 5thelement said:

They did away with the single wind blown years ago, it’s one ticket now.

Single windblown ticket still available new code of 003937 and interwoven stems and part blown trees is now 003935, 

[Doug Tait]

I did hear an Assessor advising someone a couple of months ago that the single windblown would be a good ticket to do as their refresher.

[5thelement]

1 hour ago, spuddog0507 said:

Single windblown ticket still available new code of 003937 and interwoven stems and part blown trees is now 003935, 

The new single wind blown ticket is not what you think it is, it is aimed at estate workers etc who have to deal with the occasional small tree that is blocking a bridle way etc, hence you can do the course with just maintenance and cross cutting. 
The multiple is the proper ticket that you are familiar with, needing the medium tree ticket as a pre requisite.

[spuddog0507]

29 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

The new single wind blown ticket is not what you think it is, it is aimed at estate workers etc who have to deal with the occasional small tree that is blocking a bridle way etc, hence you can do the course with just maintenance and cross cutting. 
The multiple is the proper ticket that you are familiar with, needing the medium tree ticket as a pre requisite.

yes your right only need cross cutting ticket and no felling ticket needed, it don,t say anything about the size of tree you deal with on this course  ? ,Some things in life i just cant see the cense in and this is one of them, i can only see this going one way and thats the wrong way !! 

[5thelement]

13 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

yes your right only need cross cutting ticket and no felling ticket needed, it don,t say anything about the size of tree you deal with on this course  ? ,Some things in life i just cant see the cense in and this is one of them, i can only see this going one way and thats the wrong way !! 

The single tree is under guidebar, so 15”. It’s aimed at the Woodland Trust, RSPB type volunteer or gamekeeper who just needs to deal with an individual blown stem, not what we have to deal with in a genuine wind blown situation with large trees. 
You book the course and assessment that you need and don’t need to do both.