Have CS30 and 31. What next?

[Ty Unnos]

Hi All,

 

I am just staring out doing woodland management, coppice work and charcoal making.

 

I am not planning on climbing.

 

I did my CS30 and 31 in the spring and feel pretty confident felling small stuff and cross cutting etc.

 

I have also done a couple of coppice courses and a charcoal course.

 

I am hoping to get some funding for further courses but need to plan and justify what I need.

 

I am mainly doing coppice work but presumably CS32 is still a good next move. Is it a good course?

 

What about the windblown courses (CS34 and CS35). Are they going to be useful? Are they just aimed at conifers or will they still be useful for felling hardwood?

 

I might also start extracting with a quad or small tractor. But I have never driven either. Is a ATV or tractor course a good move?

 

Is there anything else I could do with?

[RobRainford]

i would suggest cs32 and ATV course if your budget allows, the techniques used in CS32 i find are more useful. i have cs34, individual windblown, if you are mainly doing coppicing, you may find youll never need to deal with many windblown trees.

[Frankie Lawrence]

cs32 is a good course but after that get down in the woods and earn yourself some monney. courses aint everything:001_smile:

[Chris Sheppard]

For the sort of stuff you're doing, I'd foget any more CS units for a while, crack on and make some money whiles there's plenty of daylight

[Adam]

would get cs32. could really start earning some money then as you wont be limited to just small fell stuff and coppicing. unless thats what you just want to do that sort of work.

[Brushcutter]

If your just going to be doing simple coppice then 30/31 would be fine however if you did coppice with standards and you want to take some out then 32 would be a good idea.

 

The windblown cover both hard and soft woods however you need 32 to do them. There is CS50 that does require 32 but still covers the same techniques.

 

Your best bet is to go and do some work and then see what you feel you need. If your dealing with the felling side well it maybe time to train for extraction.