Doing CS39 at the end of the month. :D

[Dionysus]

Finally its been arranged, first my college were going to do free training for it then my boss had to pay for the assessment, then half price, then 10% off lol, then they said over 20% off which my boss went for.

 

got the cheques off him today hehe, result.

 

so anybody got any experience of what the assessment is like,II never did the nptc training with my other courses, we were instructed by my tutor on the apprenticeship, but I found the assessments easy enough, only got a few minors on my cs30/31.

 

all the guys at work have said oh its easy blah blah, but you never can tell.

Edited March 15, 2010 by Dionysus

[taffupatree]

i never did the training either.learnt everyhing on the job so to speak. take your time, make sure your work positioning is spot on.....there assessing that aswell. think twice cut once as they say.as long as your confident on your cuts then no probs. make sure you know the assessment criteria inside out

[Littletree]

Hi there CS39 is the best one I have done yet it was great fun and the assessor was great. There is less questions then for 38 . just get good work position nice climbing good cuts and 2 hands on saw and rember and chainbrake and its happy days .

 

Littletree:thumbup:

[Ben90]

I did mine back in July last year and I remember being told about a couple of important things that people commonly overlook.

 

First, don't do the undercut too slowly. They do like to see precision, but cutting too slowly makes it easier for the saw to trap. Practice doing like 10 quick but controlled undercuts and gob cuts etc on a 6-7ft stub (before removing it) when you do your next tree job. Don't worry if your boss thinks it's crazy that you're dropping down pieces of wood that look like CD racks, but it's all good practice.

 

Second, don't put your thumb on the thumb rest provided when using a husky top handle.

[taffupatree]

im not sure how you boys do things but when i make a step cut i make the cuts switch the saw off and then clip the saw up high. then snap and throw the chunk. was told by my assessor that he would fail someone if they left the saw running and let it dangle,even with the chainbrake on. might be worth keeping in mind