anybody heard of this?

[taffupatree]

hiah guys and gals. was just wondering if anybody on hear has heard of a new training format? known as CORS think it stands for chainsaw operator registry scheme...

after a year of using a woodchipper our boss organised us a course.it was on this format so was just wondering if was nationally reconised and if anybody had heard of it?

[Silverback]

Sorry, but no, haven't come across that one !

 

Doesn't mean to say it isn't worth anything as from an employers point of view it would still stand as a record of formal training for that role.

 

Cheers.

[taffupatree]

yeah it was a new one on me when it came up.......apparently its being got something to do with the highways agency:huh: im finding it hard to remember what was actually said about the scheme. they are also running full courses like the cs 30-31 including felling and x cutting. imo tho. its a bit silly of employers running this scheme when theres the nptc which is nationally reconised......just dosent seem to make sense

[skyhuck]

imo tho. its a bit silly of employers running this scheme when theres the nptc which is nationally reconised......just dosent seem to make sense

 

I disagree!

 

If a few use it, it will become recognized and then there will be two providers, and there is nothing like a little healthy competition to help drive down costs.

[madmatt]

I disagree!

 

If a few use it, it will become recognized and then there will be two providers, and there is nothing like a little healthy competition to help drive down costs.

 

 

Totally agree bout time there was an alternative to the old boys network that is the NPTC!!

[Silverback]

I'm in agreement, but you know the crack with trying to get anything recognised in this country.

 

If you take utility arb as an example, most of the rec's won't accept even NPTC units as a form of training and insist on all people working on their contracts undertaking their generally out of date and irelevant training.

 

I would like to see some competition out there, it's like being ruled by the same government for years and years and years !

[patrickosborne]

Bring back FASTCO .............

I definitly agree that NPTC is an old boys network

[Log-ologist]

Should any of you get or read Forestry Journal (FMJ) then you would hardly have failed to notice the large articles on the Chainsaw training issue that are being published each month. HSE, trainers and contractors all having their say in at least 2 A4 pages of print is big news in the Forest and Arb industries.

[nuggsy]

could this be in house training ? that will only be recognised to the specific employer and the ticket cannot be used else where ?

 

i had an in house forklift ticket when i worked at wolseley, i already had my ticket but i had to do the in house aswell

[bob]

Bring back FASTCO .............

I definitly agree that NPTC is an old boys network

 

i will disagree FASTCO was a training with the trainer saying if you met the required level at least with NPTC it is a different assessor to the trainer

i never met anyone that had not got a certificate after attending a FASTCO course