Refresher courses?

[Old Mill Tree Care]

This may be a dumb question but since I last looked, is there now a requirement to 'refresh' our NPTC certs periodically?

TIA

[5thelement]

2 hours ago, Old Mill Tree Care said:

This may be a dumb question but since I last looked, is there now a requirement to 'refresh' our NPTC certs periodically?

TIA

Refresher training is still ‘Advisory’ in the eyes of the HSE. If you work for any organisation who have signed up to FISA, Forestry England/Woodland Trust/ Tilhill/ Euroforest etc refresher training is compulsory, every 3-5 years. Since the corrupt organisation that is FISA has ceased doing refresher training, NPTC have created their own. You basically redo your original assessment to demonstrate that you are still ‘competent’, but the assessor can also conduct training and demonstrate new kit/techniques that will increase your knowledge.

[5thelement]

21 hours ago, 5thelement said:

Refresher training is still ‘Advisory’ in the eyes of the HSE. If you work for any organisation who have signed up to FISA, Forestry England/Woodland Trust/ Tilhill/ Euroforest etc refresher training is compulsory, every 3-5 years. Since the corrupt organisation that is FISA has ceased doing refresher training, NPTC have created their own. You basically redo your original assessment to demonstrate that you are still ‘competent’, but the assessor can also conduct training and demonstrate new kit/techniques that will increase your knowledge.

What you confused about?

[Old Mill Tree Care]

11 hours ago, 5thelement said:

What you confused about?

Nothing, the emoji was only because a daft system but no need for us to get into that.

Thanks for your reply.