Do you need CS41 to carry out dismantling?

[Al Duffill]

Hi, should you have CS41 before you carry out any rigging or dismantling, I've not got this ticket but do perform these operations often, based on my own knowledge and that handed down to me?

[chainsawdom]

i think you will find theres a lot of climbers with cs 38 39 only doing dismantling and pruning which come under cs 40 41.

[Mark James]

These questions get asked all the time and i think you will get a few different answers.

 

For employer and insurance yes but that would only ever be a problem if the hurt someone and there was a claim.

 

Well that's my view anyway am sure the country is full of men doing things without the appropriate tickets, it's ok's until it all goes wrong i suppose.

[Tom D]

No. unless your client demands it.

[arbmark]

i think the question is are you employed or self-employed? If youre self-employed then it doesent matter a bean, but as an employee if something happened it could be argued that you should have had the specific training to show your compentence had been tried and tested. am i right here?

[likeitorlumpit]

I'd love to know the definate answer to these questions

Like do you need a ticket to use a saw bigger than 15inch

I'm sure you do but

Do you really

How many on here use a 36inch bar with a cs 31 ticket

[Al Duffill]

i think the question is are you employed or self-employed? If youre self-employed then it doesent matter a bean, but as an employee if something happened it could be argued that you should have had the specific training to show your compentence had been tried and tested. am i right here?

 

That's what I omitted from my post, I am employed and have asked to go on the course but to no avail, having the training and equipment to do these operations certainly would help myself and colleagues. We've only just been using a capstan thanks to me, no one seems aware or bothered about new techniques.

 

I just checked some of Bob's links, HSE say you need to be trained and competant by your employer, bingo!

 

And yes, I do large fells with my 15" bar, takes forever

[Al Duffill]

Thanks for your input peeps. Shall we discuss CS44 next?

[Dan Curtis]

There was a bloke cut himself a few months back chogging down a stem. He had cs39, team leader had 41. Hse report said the climber wasn't trained for the task, nor would it acknowledge the supervision of the qualified boss as sufficient. Its a technicality, but without 40 or 41, you can't actually do anything in a tree with a chainsaw.cs39 appears to just be a gateway ticket to getting 40 and 41.

 

Also, are there any tickets for using bigger bars than 15"? I've got The old 32, the boss has 32 and the old 33, all courses done with 15"bars

[skyhuck]

There was a bloke cut himself a few months back chogging down a stem. He had cs39, team leader had 41. Hse report said the climber wasn't trained for the task, nor would it acknowledge the supervision of the qualified boss as sufficient. Its a technicality, but without 40 or 41, you can't actually do anything in a tree with a chainsaw.cs39 appears to just be a gateway ticket to getting 40 and 41.

 

Also, are there any tickets for using bigger bars than 15"? I've got The old 32, the boss has 32 and the old 33, all courses done with 15"bars

 

Have you a link to this info????

 

What action was taken?????